arrogate
verb (used with object)
to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right.
arrogates
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present tense formof arrogate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The rapid team collapse was head-spinning news not only in Australia but also among worldwide fans of cricket, a sport that arrogates to itself a particular moral sanctimony.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2018
As such, it has been subject to attack time immemorial from every agency that fears new truth, or that arrogates to itself the exclusive possession of particular areas of truth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Where the Olympic Charter goes astray is on the very next page, on which the IOC arrogates for itself Supreme Authority.
From Time Magazine Archive
What is it that arrogates that authority to someone else?
From Time Magazine Archive
He complains that the Audiencia arrogates undue authority to itself, and he has already annulled their action in assigning encomiendas.
