👉 In the context of legal and ethical terms, "appropriates" typically refers to a person or entity who has been granted or is entitled to something that belongs to another person or entity. It can also mean that someone else has made use of resources they have received from another source. For example: - A company might claim that it has appropriated the intellectual property rights of its competitors, claiming that their work was not original enough. - An individual might argue that they have appropriated a piece of land they
