Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
récupérer
English translation:
appropriated
French term
Canada
récupérer
Ils avaient tous ***récupéré" le coronavirus. Écologistes, nationalistes, anticapitalistes… Tous voient dans cette crise la confirmation de leurs présages et la validation de leurs théories.
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Native in: English 
, Italian
Works in: Italian to English, French to English
appropriated
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Thomas Miles
: Good suggestion!
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liz askew
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Tony M
: Yes, the verb 'récupérer' is often used like this to translate 'appropriate' in modern usage.
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Yolanda Broad
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mchd
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Carol Gullidge
: Or possibly embraced
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My business is translating your business
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French
staked a claim to ... (reclaimed)
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philgoddard
: I like "appropriated" too.
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Thanks Phil ...yes "appropriated" has the same sense
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used for their promotion
Denmark
FRE-ENG, RUS-ENG Trans, Proofing + Copy
Native in: English (Variants: Irish, UK, US, British)
Works in: French to English, Russian to English, English
hijack
See the "pejorative" definition of récupérer from Larousse, below:
https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/récupérer/672...
United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
have taken advantage of (the corona virus crisis)
To promote their agendas.
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Dumaz & Cowling
: A good alternative
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Merci beaucoup!
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Pantelitsa Gaudineau-Mallas
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Merci, Pantelitsa!
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France
FR/AR-EN, broad range of domains
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Arabic to English, Italian to English
seize upon
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Sue Davis
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Eliza Hall
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Lara Barnett
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Paul Stevens
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Cyril Tollari
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erwan-l
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Julie Barber
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to draw upon
Maybe even to bring/call into play. I understand the French is similar to 'exploit' which could work but perhaps a bit too strong.
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Johannes Gleim
: No, I think, 'exploit' is the real meaning, the newspaper does headline.
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OK thanks, so you're saying it could work here as it is a headline? I wasn't sure so I suggested some weaker alternatives
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jumped on the Coronavirus bandwagon
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Thomas Miles
: This definitely sprang to my mind. But maybe bandwagons are always spoken of in a disparaging tone that would not be fitting for the actual ongoing death toll of this crisis?
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Hello Thomas. I thought the writer was being disparaging?!?!?
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