Appropriate
Appropriate verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.
Cut up and appropriate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Cut up" instead a verb "Appropriate".
Cut up
Cut up verb - To engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior.
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Synonyms for Cut up
Appropriate and cut up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Appropriate" instead a verb "Cut up".
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Both terms in one sentence
- In Joyce Carol Oates' My Heart Laid Bare, an entire body is delivered this way, cut up into parts and then stowed in appropriate boxes (the head in a hatbox, feet in a shoebox, etc.)
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