have arrogated
- present perfect of arrogate.
Example Sentences
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But journalists have arrogated it to themselves in disproportionate numbers.
From Washington Post ● May 4, 2018
The describes the court verdict a "damning indictment of the man who is seen to have arrogated all powers vested in India's premier sports institution, leading to the current mess".
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2014
Specifically about the controversy stirred up by some academics who have arrogated to themselves spurious authority to discard parts of Hamlet.
From Slate ● Dec. 27, 2012
The most numerous is that of the peasants, who, however, meddle but little with the cultivation of the soil, but have arrogated to themselves the exclusive and hereditary possession of all employments, lay or ecclesiastical.
Unfortunately, certain capitalists have arrogated to themselves monopolies and privileges which are quite sufficient to account for this feeling.
From Essays on Political Economy by Bastiat, Frédéric
