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arrogate

demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to

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Six example sentences with arrogate, each labelled with its topic.

  • The general began to arrogate powers that belonged to the assembly, signing decrees no one had authorized him to issue.

    History

  • The regional office tried to arrogate the right to set prices, a decision the head office had always kept.

    Business

  • Judges must not arrogate to themselves questions the legislature reserved, however tempting the shortcut may look.

    Law

  • The president tried to arrogate the power to declare a budget without parliament, and the courts struck it down in weeks.

    Politics

  • The new CTO began to arrogate hiring decisions that the founders had always made together at the Monday meeting.

    Startups

  • Critics say the central bank has arrogated a role in housing policy that no elected body ever granted it.

    Economics

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