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Arrogate   /ˈæroʊgˌeɪt/   Listen
Arrogate

verb
(past & past part. arrogated; pres. part. arrogating)
1.
Demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to.  Synonyms: claim, lay claim.  "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident"
2.
Make undue claims to having.  Synonym: assign.
3.
Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession.  Synonyms: assume, seize, take over, usurp.  "He usurped my rights" , "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"






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Words linked to "Arrogate" :   requisition, capture, bespeak, call for, preoccupy, take, pretend, arrogation, quest, forfeit, arrogator, conquer, hijack, appropriate, raid, annex, request, lay claim



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