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APPROPRIATOR

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• APPROPRIATOR (noun)
The noun APPROPRIATOR has 1 sense:

1. someone who takes for his or her own use (especially without permission)

Familiarity information: APPROPRIATOR used as a noun is very rare.

• APPROPRIATOR (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Someone who takes for his or her own use (especially without permission)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("appropriator" is a kind of...):

acquirer (a person who acquires something (usually permanently))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "appropriator"):

kleptomaniac (someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive)

poacher (someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another)

pre-emptor; preemptor (someone who acquires land by preemption)

"Waste not, want not."
(English proverb)
"The pear does not fall far from the tree."
(Bulgarian proverb)
"Complaining to someone other than God is disgraceful."
(Arabic proverb)
"Think before acting and whilst acting still think."
(Dutch proverb)

Useful links:
Meaning of pre-emptor
Meaning of kleptomaniac
Meaning of preemptor
Pronunciation of poacher
Meaning of acquirer

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