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Verb: arrogate  'a-ru`geyt
  1. Demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
    "He arrogated his suitcases at the airline counter"
    - claim, lay claim
     
  2. Make undue claims to having
    - assign
     
  3. Take control of (without authority and possibly with force); take as one's right or possession
    - assume, usurp, seize, take over

Derived forms: arrogates, arrogated, arrogating

See also: arrogation, arrogator

Type of: bespeak, call for, quest, request, take