reappropriationn.
/ˌriːəˌprəʊprɪˈeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌriəˌproʊpriˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ The action or an act of reappropriating something.
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1832 Times 12 Sept. 2/3 All expenditure..should..be defrayed by a tax on land, combined with a re-appropriation of those landed estates of Bishops, Deans, and Chapters.
1894 S. M. Ostrander Hist. City Brooklyn & Kings County II. ix. 44 A sufficient number of lots had by this time been sold to prevent its re-appropriation to farm and garden purposes.
1929 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 145 ii. 44/2 There should be given to the local bodies..a genuine power of reappropriation of grants.
1963 Vidette–Messenger (Valparaiso, Indiana) 13 Nov. 6/6 These reappropriations are necessary..to meet unanticipated bills.
2002 A. Feenberg Transforming Technol. (rev. ed.) iii. 72 Revolution requires not an end to culture and individuality but their reappropriation.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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