Meaning ofreappropriatein English

Verb

1. to seize and reassign assets; control
   The government will reappropriate the land for public use.
2. to take something for one's own use again
   The company tried to reappropriate its brand name from the counterfeiters.
3. to reclaim a previously derogatory term (for empowerment)
   The LGBTQ+ community sought to reappropriate the slur and use it as a badge of pride.