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Arrogation

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n. The unjust assumption of rights or privilege.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to.

n. Adoption of a person of full age.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The act of arrogating, or making unjust or unwarrantable claims or demands; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to.

n. In Roman law, same as adrogation.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. seizure by the government

Word Usage

"I shall call that the "arrogation" thesis inasmuch as, presumably, to make ourselves master of the sources of life is to arrogate to ourselves something we ought not to."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

seizure

Hyponym

expropriation

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