Associations to the word «Appropriator»

Wiktionary

APPROPRIATOR, noun. A person who appropriates something
APPROPRIATOR, noun. The religious organization that owns the income of a benefice

Dictionary definition

APPROPRIATOR, noun. Someone who takes for his or her own use (especially without permission).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats