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Appropriation
[uh-proh-pree-ey-shuhn] 
Appropriation
[uh-proh-pree-ey-shuhn]
Appropriation is the act of taking possession of or assigning purpose to properties or ideas and is important in many topics, including:
- Appropriation (sociology) in relation to the spread of knowledge
- Appropriation (art)
- Appropriation (music) in reference to the re-use and proliferation of different types of music
- Appropriation (economics) origination of human ownership of previously unowned natural resources such as land
- Appropriation (law) as a component of government spending
- Cultural appropriation is the borrowing, or theft, of an element of cultural expression of one group by another.
- The tort of appropriation is one form of invasion of privacy.
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