arrogate
verb (used with object)
to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right.
had arrogated
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past perfectof arrogate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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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
All had gone well with my flight; the masterful lady who had arrogated to herself the arrangement of the details gave me every confidence; and I saw myself already arriving at my uncle’s door.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
A new power had appeared upon the scene, which had arrogated to itself the absolute government of ideas: the Free Thinkers.
From Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House by Gilbert Cannan
Moreover, the Chamberlain had arrogated to himself the right of interfering in dramatic affairs upon all occasions that he judged fitting.
From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Dutton Cook
Deep in her heart there still lurked an abiding resentment against Charlie Benton for the restraint he had put upon her and the license he had arrogated to himself.
From Big Timber A Story of the Northwest by Bertrand W. Sinclair
