appropriable
[uh-proh-pree-uh-buh l]
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adjective
capable of being appropriated; liable to be appropriated.
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Origin of appropriable
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for appropriable
Historical Examples of appropriable
A great many things, as we have shown in another place, are not appropriable.