appropriation

noun

1. money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose

   noun.possession

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. incorporation by joining or uniting

   noun.act

   Synonyms annexation

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner

   noun.act

   Examples

   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.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of ground for a park, or of money to carry out some object.

   noun

   Source: webster1913