Example Sentences
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Today, we have a priest who has disbanded the pastoral council and arrogated governance to himself and his staff.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
After Cromwell, England became a place where lay power trumped religious authority, and Parliament ultimately arrogated the job of determining the official doctrine and liturgy of the kingdom.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2018
To Covington & Burling, the answer was clear: it lay with Congress, and, if Trump arrogated that power to himself, the firm was prepared to take on a lawsuit pro bono.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 24, 2018
He had arrogated to himself the privilege to call, and to assume the president would take his call.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2018
As a result, the Norwegian aristocracy arrogated to itself a great measure of independence.
From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Larson, Laurence Marcellus
