The Collaborative International Dictionary
Appropriative
Appropriative \Ap*pro"pri*a*tive\, a. Appropriating; making, or tending to, appropriation; as, an appropriative act. -- Ap*pro"pri*a*tive*ness, n.
Wiktionary
appropriative
a. Taking or setting apart for oneself.
WordNet
appropriative
adj. of or relating to or given to the act of taking for yourself
Usage examples of "appropriative".
They are not only secretive, appropriative, selfish, and self-defensive, but when redundant are aggressive and tend to destructiveness, the gratification of animal indulgence, intemperance, and debauchery.