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
Sequester is a synonym for appropriate in seize topic. In some cases you can use "Sequester" instead a verb "Appropriate".
Sequester
Sequester verb - To take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority.
Usage example: police found and sequestered several illegal weapons
Appropriate is a synonym for sequester in seize topic. You can use "Appropriate" instead a verb "Sequester", if it concerns topics such as take, confiscate.
Nearby Words: sequestration, sequestering
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- annex and appropriate
- annex and sequester
- seize and appropriate
- seize and sequester
- assume and appropriate
- assume and sequester
- take and appropriate
- take and sequester
- set apart and appropriate
- set apart and sequester
- capture and appropriate
- capture and sequester
- grab and appropriate
- grab and sequester
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