reappropriate
Pronunciation: /ɹi.əˈpɹoʊpɹieɪt/
The English word “reappropriate” has 3 meanings listed here.
verb
- To seize and reassign.
- To appropriate again.
- To reclaim a term that was previously used to disparage the reclaimers' own social group.
Etymology
From re- + appropriate.
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