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to arrogate
01
to claim a right, title, or authority to something, often without proper justification
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
arrogate
3rd person singular
arrogates
Present participle
arrogating
Past simple
arrogated
Past participle
arrogated
Examples
In the absence of the manager, he arrogated the responsibility of making the final decision on the project.
02
to take control of something without any legal basis
Examples
The new manager tried to arrogate authority beyond her official role, upsetting the team.
03
to wrongly claim or assume something that one does not rightfully possess
Lexical Tree
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