verb🔗ShareTo seize and reassign."The students reappropriated the abandoned classroom, turning it into a vibrant art studio. "politicsculturepropertyartmediahistorysocietylawactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo appropriate again."The school reappropriated funds from the music program to repair the leaking roof. "culturepoliticssocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(of a group) To reclaim a term that was previously used to disparage that group."Once a term of homophobic abuse, the term “queer” has been reappropriated as a marker for some gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (GLBT), and other marginalized sexual identities."culturelanguagesocietypoliticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading