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as in seizes
to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right
archaeologists wrongfully appropriated artifacts excavated at ancient sites for their museums
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as in steals
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep
you can't just appropriate somebody's term paper and put your name on it!
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Recent Examples of appropriates
The money that Congress appropriates to federal agencies each year is intended to be spent.
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Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
The three branches are the legislative which makes laws and appropriates funds, the executive which enforces laws and implements public policy and the judicial which interprets laws and the constitution and applies those interpretations to legal disputes.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Congress appropriates annual funds for almost all other federal agencies.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Congress appropriates money to provide for the services that the public needs and demands.
—Dyana Mason, The Conversation, 31 Jan. 2025
The House budget proposal put forth on January 22 appropriates $1 billion in funding for the new ESA program, signaling that school choice is a high priority for Speaker Burrows and his House colleagues.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Then, once a federal program is authorized, Congress appropriates money each year to fund its operations.
—Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Each fiscal year, Congress appropriates funds for federal agencies to operate.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
Unlike many other states, New Mexico’s legislature directly appropriates operating revenue to the athletic departments of its two FBS schools, NMSU and the University of New Mexico.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
The three branches are the legislative which makes laws and appropriates funds, the executive which enforces laws and implements public policy and the judicial which interprets laws and the constitution and applies those interpretations to legal disputes.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Congress appropriates annual funds for almost all other federal agencies.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Congress appropriates money to provide for the services that the public needs and demands.
—Dyana Mason, The Conversation, 31 Jan. 2025
The House budget proposal put forth on January 22 appropriates $1 billion in funding for the new ESA program, signaling that school choice is a high priority for Speaker Burrows and his House colleagues.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Then, once a federal program is authorized, Congress appropriates money each year to fund its operations.
—Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Each fiscal year, Congress appropriates funds for federal agencies to operate.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
Unlike many other states, New Mexico’s legislature directly appropriates operating revenue to the athletic departments of its two FBS schools, NMSU and the University of New Mexico.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Appropriates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appropriates. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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