reappropriate

verb3

1. •
   To seize and reassign.
2. •
   To appropriate again.
3. •
   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.