reappropriate
verb (used with object)
to take back and redistribute, reassign, or use in a new way.
reappropriated
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past participleof reappropriate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof reappropriate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
reappropriateverb (used with object)to take back and redistribute, reassign, or use in a new way.
Example Sentences
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“We Are Charlie Kirk,” an A.I. song originally meant to memorialize him, was immediately reappropriated as a joke.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
The authors found that the click-through rate—that is the number of users who clicked on an ad—was 7.12% when the store reappropriated the insult compared with 5.62% for the group shown the denial.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Small funds began to be awarded to researchers soon thereafter; and finally, in 2020, funds were reappropriated by the U.S.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2024
That film’s title gets reappropriated in the director Lana Wilson’s absorbing documentary, “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields,” which emulsifies its biography of Shields with lucid insights into the culture that shaped her.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
It gave him the feeling that she had reclaimed, reappropriated him.
From Success A Novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams
