appropriation
(noun)
noun
1. money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose
Definition categories: possession, money
2. incorporation by joining or uniting
Similar word(s): annexation
Definition categories: act, incorporation
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