disappropriate

verb, adj — 2 senses

disappropriate

verb

UK /dɪsəˈpɹəʊpɹɪeɪt/

Etymology From dis- + appropriate.

1

To remove something that has been allocated to someone; often to reassign it elsewhere.

disappropriate

adj

Etymology From dis- + appropriate.

1

Law Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritual corporation.

  • The appropriation may be severed, and the church become disappropriate, two ways.1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:

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