Appropriation - Definition
appropriation
n 1: money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific
purpose
2: incorporation by joining or uniting [syn: annexation,
appropriation]
3: a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without
the permission of the owner; "the necessary funds were
obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's
operating unit"; "a person's appropriation of property
belonging to another is dishonest"