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appropriate₂
/a-proh-pree-yate/
 
vt.
 
1.
Def.: egpanguwa ne warè katenged
MS: egpanguwa ne warè katenged
If someone appropriates something that does not belong to them, they take it, even though they don't have the right to take it.
The dishonest worker appropriated money from his company.
Ka kenè ne matulanged ne suluhuen migpanguwa te seleppì diyè te kumpanya minsan warè katenged.
 
vt.
 
2.
Def.: egtahahè
MS: egtahahè
If a government or organization appropriates money, they separate it to use for a particular purpose.
The government has appropriated 100 million pesos for the new hospital.
Ka gubirnu migtahahè te sabeka ne gatus ne milyun eyew te iyam ne uspital.
Sem.Dom.: AWL2
 
 
appropriation
/a-proh-pree-yay-shən/
 
n-uc, n-ct.
Def.: 1 pegpanguwa ne warè katenged; 2 pegtahahè
MS: pegpanguwa ne warè katenged; pegtahahè
the action of appropriating.
He was sent to prison for misappropriation (wrong appropriation) of goverment money.
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Last updated: 17/Jan/2012