Appropriate may refer to Appropriate (play), a play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Appropriation may refer to: Appropriation (art) the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation Appropriation (law) as a component of government spending Appropriation of knowledge Appropriation (sociology) in relation to the spread of knowledge Appropriation (ecclesiastical) of the income of a benefice Cultural appropriation, the borrowing of an element of cultural expression of one group by another Reappropriation, the use with a sense of pride (of a negative word or object) by a member of the offended group Original appropriation, origination of human ownership of previously unowned natural resources such as land Other terms include: The personality rights tort of appropriation, one form of invasion of privacy Appropriation (By Any Other Name), by The Long Blondes (2005) See also Appropriation Act Appropriation bill Appropriations bill (United States)