Definition of "reappropriate" in English

verb

1. To seize and reassign.

2. To appropriate again.

   • Near-synonym: reassign

3. (sociology) To reclaim a term that was previously used to disparage the reclaimers' own social group.

   • Once a term of homophobic abuse, the term “queer” has been reappropriated as a marker for some gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (GLBT), and other marginalized sexual identities.