to appropriate
verb/ɐpɾupɾiˈaɾ/medium
a·pro·pri·ar
Definition
To take something for oneself, making it one's property or use, sometimes illegitimately.
The state can appropriate land for public use.
He inappropriately appropriated the credit for the project.
Common collocations
to appropriate fundsto appropriate ideasto appropriate land
Etymology
Do latim 'appropriare' ('tornar próprio').