arrogate
verb (used with object)
to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right.
arrogation
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a word derived from
arrogate.
Example Sentences
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“But this Court rejected that arrogation of authority, identifying numerous legal errors,” is said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2025
As she put it in her dissent, the majority’s arrogation of the power to decide what Congress has and has not delegated:
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2023
The mannequins displaying them are mostly dispersed throughout the home — including in the dining room — which makes the cultural arrogation at play painfully, if edifyingly, clear.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2018
It may be that all acts of responsible citizenship require a certain amount of willfully entered arrogation.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 11, 2016
Naturally enough this arrogation of power by the clerk, the motives and consequences of which were abundantly obvious, raised a terrible storm.
From John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series by John T. (John Torrey) Morse
