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arrogation Definition


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arrogate
verb arrogated, arrogating
    1. To claim a responsibility, power, etc without having any legal right to do so.
      Thesaurus: misappropriate, seize, usurp, commandeer, confiscate, demand, presume.
    2. To attribute, ascribe to someone else, or demand on behalf of someone else without any right or justification.
Derivative: arrogation
noun
    Etymology: 16c: from Latin arrogare to claim as own's own, from ad to + rogare to ask.



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