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What does appropriating mean?

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  1. present participle of appropriate
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In appropriating reproductive power without women, it enacts an appropriation of maternity by patriarchy.
Has anybody taken our New Wave of abstract artists to task for appropriating aboriginal art?
Brands are being used to humanise corporations by appropriating cuddly characteristics such as courage, honesty, friendliness and fun.
It has a contemporary edge that recalls, without appropriating, the vocabulary of William Forsythe.
This work illustrates her recent turn from appropriating photojournalistic images and portraits, toward obscuring the body.
Because it was university property, appropriating the sign had to be an undercover job.

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