1. a person who takes or uses something without permission or right
2. a person who sets aside money or resources for a specific purpose
Usage: formal; government/business contexts

Examples

• The appropriator of the land faced legal challenges from the original owners.
• Cultural appropriators often profit from traditions that aren’t their own.
• The committee identified the appropriator of the missing funds.
• As the budget appropriator, she decided how to distribute the grant money.
• The appropriator allocated millions for infrastructure improvements.
• He was known as an appropriator of other people’s ideas.
• The legislative appropriator determined funding for education programs.