Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who appropriates or takes to his own use.
- noun In ecclesiastical law, one who is possessed of an appropriated benefice. See
appropriate , v., 4.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who appropriates.
- noun (Law) A spiritual corporation possessed of an appropriated benefice; also, an impropriator.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a person who
appropriates something - noun the
religious organization that owns theincome of abenefice
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who takes for his or her own use (especially without permission)
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Examples
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I think there's a compelling case to be made that, by and large, an appropriator from a dominant culture carrying out such an act is likely to be doing so for negative motives and to negative results, that historically such cross-cultural sacrilege is motivated by misrepresentation and discrimination and aimed towards furthering misrepresentation and discrimination.
Archive 2006-09-01 Hal Duncan 2006
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I think there's a compelling case to be made that, by and large, an appropriator from a dominant culture carrying out such an act is likely to be doing so for negative motives and to negative results, that historically such cross-cultural sacrilege is motivated by misrepresentation and discrimination and aimed towards furthering misrepresentation and discrimination.
The Power and the Piss Hal Duncan 2006
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Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson, a top Republican appropriator, and Montana Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat facing re-election next year, pushed the measure, which would turn wolf management over to the states.
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Another appropriator, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., said she would fight Republicans for a funding freeze — rather than cuts — to avoid harming programs such as weather satellites.
Looming gap in weather satellites threatens forecasting 2011
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"When Members come down to the floor to vote on this amendment, they need to know if they support stripping out this project, Senator Bond [a Republican appropriator] and I are likely to be taking a long, serious look at their projects to determine whether they should be preserved during our upcoming conference negotiations."
Welcome, Senate Conservatives Jim DeMint 2010
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Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson, a top Republican appropriator, and Montana Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat facing re-election next year, pushed the measure, which would turn wolf management over to the states.
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Another appropriator, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., said she would fight Republicans for a funding freeze — rather than cuts — to avoid harming programs such as weather satellites.
Looming gap in weather satellites threatens forecasting 2011
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Another appropriator, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., said she would fight Republicans for a funding freeze — rather than cuts — to avoid harming programs such as weather satellites.
Looming gap in weather satellites threatens forecasting 2011
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Jim Moran …. your days as an “appropriator” are getting short, time to spend more time with the family too!
‘Most Ethical Congress in History.’ Man, that *never* gets old. | RedState 2010
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Another appropriator, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., said she would fight Republicans for a funding freeze — rather than cuts — to avoid harming programs such as weather satellites.
Looming gap in weather satellites threatens forecasting 2011
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