This is the 15707th most frequent Russian word.
присвоить
"To appropriate" or "to assign."
In this sentence, 'присвоить' is used to mean 'to appropriate' or 'to take for oneself', often without the owner's consent.
Школьник решил присвоить себе чей-то забытый портфель.
The schoolboy decided to appropriate someone else's forgotten backpack.
Here, 'присвоить' means 'to assign' or 'to designate', reflecting the formal attribution of a status or category.
Государство решило присвоить вновь созданную организацию категории благотворительной.
The government decided to assign the newly established organization to the charitable category.
In this context, 'присвоить' implies 'to confer' or 'to grant', often used in formal recognitions or awards.