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arrogation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | confiscation |
| Type of | seizure |
| Has types | expropriation |
| Derivation | arrogate |
Examples of arrogation
arrogation
Almost every chieftaincy in Sierra Leone responded to the British arrogation of power with armed resistance.
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Proud of its constitutional mandate to advise the President on treaties, the Senate has long brooded over what it feels to be an arrogation of its influence in foreign affairs.
From the time.com
If Blair wins, it would be an unprecedented arrogation of the CIA director's authority, and the first time in its history the CIA would not be the lead intelligence agency in a foreign country.
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- Confiscation: seizure by the government
- (arrogate) claim: demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to; "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident"
- (arrogate) make undue claims to having
- (arrogate) assume: seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"
- This is a list of English words which are commonly misused. It is meant to include only words whose misuse is deprecated by most usage writers, editors, and other professional linguists of Standard English. ...
- The unjust assumption of rights or privilege
- (arrogate) To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right
- (arrogate) (27) to claim or seize without right.
- (arrogate) (v.) to take without justification (The king arrogated the right to order executions to himself exclusively.)
