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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

Gregorio Leti is right in attributing all the evils that have since arisen from the excessive authority which the priests have arrogated over laymen, to this conduct of Philip II.

From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Llorente, Juan Antonio

The General Synod have arrogated this right of judging and oppressing Christians in these respects.

From American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod by Bente, F. (Friedrich)