were arrogating

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  of arrogate.
  arrogate

  verb (used with object)

  to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right.

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