reappropriate
Americanverb (used with object)
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Ben Berman, a New York City vegan who began a serious weightlifting regimen last year, said he's trying to reappropriate the epithet "soy boy," historically used to emasculate vegan and vegetarian men.
From Salon • Jul. 15, 2024
Some Asian American groups support Tam’s attempt to reappropriate a slur and make it a point of pride, as other artists of color have done.
From Washington Post • Jan. 15, 2017
But for a gay Jewish man to completely reappropriate Roy Cohn’s story, wrestling with the legacies of shame and hypocrisy among his own people, on his own terms, that was really new.
From Slate • Jun. 28, 2016
Los Angeles businesses are attempting to reappropriate Laos's .la;
From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2013
Now you seek to reappropriate this water, or to have the right cancelled, and see where you wind up.
From The Iron Furrow by Botkin, Henry A.
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