#appropriation  a deliberate act of acquisition
  supertype:  acquiring__getting  the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring new friends"; "did you hear about his getting a car?"
  subtype:  borrowing.appropriation__adoption  the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"
     subtype:  misappropriation  wrongful borrowing; "his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory"
  subtype:  preemption__pre-emption__preemption  a prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"
  subtype:  seizure  the taking possession of something by legal process
     subtype:  confiscation__arrogation  seizure by the government
        subtype:  expropriation  depriving an owner of property by taking it for public use
     subtype:  distraint__distress  the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim
     subtype:  impoundment__impounding__internment__poundage  placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
     subtype:  impress__impres  the act of coercing someone into government service
     subtype:  recapture  a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount
  subtype:  sequestration__requisition  seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized

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