arrogate

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verb

1. demand as being one's due or property;
assert one's right or title to (Freq. 1)
- He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter
- Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident
• Syn:
claim, lay claim
• Ant:
forfeit (for: claim)
• Derivationally related forms:
arrogator, claim (for: claim), claimant (for: claim)
• Hypernyms:
request, bespeak, call for, quest
• Hyponyms:
pretend, requisition, assign
• Verb Group:
claim, take
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP (for: lay claim)
2. make undue claims to having
• Syn:
assign
• Derivationally related forms:
arrogator
• Hypernyms:
claim, lay claim
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
3. 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
• Syn:
assume, usurp, seize, take over
• Derivationally related forms:
arrogation, arrogator, takeover (for: take over), usurpation (for: usurp), usurper (for: usurp), assumption (for: assume)
• Hypernyms:
take
• Hyponyms:
annex, appropriate, capture, seize, conquer,
preoccupy, hijack, raid
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  assume, usurp, seize, take over, assign, claim, lay claim
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego