'appropriation' definitions:

Definition of 'appropriation'

From: WordNet
noun
Money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose
noun
Incorporation by joining or uniting [syn: annexation, appropriation]
noun
A deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner; "the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit"; "a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest"