Appropriation 1380443 197912457 2008-03-13T07:24:02Z ClueBot 4928500 Reverting possible vandalism by [[Special:Contributions/203.97.240.59|203.97.240.59]] to version by Yamamoto Ichiro. False positive? [[User:ClueBot/FalsePositives|report it]]. Thanks, [[User:ClueBot]]. (273593) (Bot) {{Wiktionary}} '''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]]. {{disambig}}