Appropriation
Of acquiring.
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".
This concept's ID is @1~401
Contains
- seizure
The taking possession of something by legal process.
- borrowing
The appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient...
- sequestration
Seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the...
- preemption
A prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial inter...