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Synonyms for arrogate

to lay claim to for oneself or as one's right

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Synonyms for arrogate

demand as being one's due or property

make undue claims to having

Synonyms

seize and take control without authority and possibly with force

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'I said, how can the independent members of the House constitute themselves as minority and arrogate to themselves the authority to elect a minority leader?' Daza said, adding they did not have any right or privilege to convene a meeting of the minority.
Arrogate finished in a dead-heat for fifth with Gunnevera, done in
Bob Baffert had the second and third in Collected and West Coast, but his Arrogate was never in contention on the final start of his illustrious career.
The awards were adjudged jointly by Swiss watchmaking brand Longines and the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) The Longines World's Best Racehorse title went - for the second year in a row - to the American colt Arrogate with a rating of 134.
The Code of Criminal Procedure and cannot arrogate to himself any powers outside its realm.
Last year the Saudi Arabian-owned Arrogate thundered to Dubai World Cup glory at Meydan Racecourse.
"If that is the intent then the proclamation should be nullified by the court because it becomes illegal and unconstitutional because the President is trying to arrogate unto himself the power to nullify previous court decisions," he added.
When law enforcement also treads the same path as the self-righteous who arrogate to themselves the right to decide what others should do and should not do, this shows the existence of a serious problem within our social fabric.
Smith and Arrogate had earlier gone on to create their own bit of history while winning the Breeders' Cup Classic, the Travers Stakes, the inaugural Pegasus World Cup to finally cap that streak of victories in Dubai.