the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > appropriation > one who or that which > one who (5)
figurative (also with up): see swallow, v. 4 5 10c.
gen. One to whom anything is appropriated, a proprietor, owner; one who appropriates or arrogates something to himself. Obsolete. rare.
A person who pockets or appropriates something (esp. money).
One who appropriates or takes to his or her own use.
colloquial (originally U.S.). A person who appropriates something greedily or selfishly. Frequently with modifying word or phrase. Cf. hog, v.1 7.