taken without permission or consent especially by public authority; " the condemned land was used for a highway cloverleaf"; " the confiscated liquor was poured down the drain"

of Appropriate

The dead are burned, and their ashes preserved in small wooden boxes, in buildings appropriated to that purpose. – A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 by Otto von Kotzebue

He appropriated the lieutenant and the lieutenant's wound. – Last Words by Stephen Crane

Soon- so they tell me- capital will be appropriated to look after labour's old age also, and cheer his manhood with the knowledge that his age is safe. – The Spinners by Eden Phillpotts

These were two titles appropriated to the same personage, Divine Wisdom; who was supposed to spring from the head of her father. – A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

This walk was appropriated to my father. – The Caxtons, Part 2 by Edward Bulwer-Lytton