Appropriate
Appropriate verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.
Usage example: archaeologists once freely appropriated artifacts excavated at ancient African sites for their museums in Europe
Despoil and appropriate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Despoil" instead a verb "Appropriate".
Despoil
Despoil verb - To search through with the intent of committing robbery.
Appropriate and despoil are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Appropriate" instead a verb "Despoil".
Nearby Words: despoiling, despoilment
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