Sentence examples for appropriating as from inspiring English sources

So 'Safe Harbour', as it stands, is not so safe; effectively giving the NSA a pass to collect EU citizens data through the commercial entities it's been (mis)appropriating as its data harvesting arms.

Getting Congress to appropriate as much as $25 billion of American taxpayer money for Trump's project has also proved difficult.

In Banda Aceh, what little wreckage remains has been appropriated as something for curious sightseers.

But in December 2005 it was appropriated as the "Cronulla Cape" to be worn while attacking the Lebanese.

Jesus has three cockerels on its official crest, so this sculpture has been appropriated as a heraldic symbol.

To countless people, "wifebeater" is not just a word, and cannot be appropriated as gays have done with "queer".

was appropriated as a patriotic anthem, but precisely because some serious people do pay attention to the lyrics.

Of course, the visage of the chief was appropriated as a hood ornament.

The actor is not the first person to have his name appropriated as a verb.Mr.

What about the people who don't want their lives to be appropriated as digital windowdressing?

But Republican-controlled Congress rarely appropriates as much to Earth science as the White House would like.