Sentence example with the word 'arrogate'

arrogate

accroach, assume, confiscate, expropriate, infringe, make use of, overrun, pretend to, seize the throne, subjugate, take command, take the helm, usurp

Definition v. demand as being one's due or property

Last update: July 2, 2015


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Since the outbreak in May 1896 the Greek government had loyally co-operated with the powers in their efforts for the pacification of the island, but towards the close of the year a secret society known as the Ethnike Hetaeria began to arrogate to itself the direction of Greek foreign policy.   [Please select]

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What right had he to arrogate to himself again powers of life and death.   [Please select]

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We should not arrogate to ourselves the sole right to rule and reason.   [Please select]

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1922 DEAR HENRY:-- "Grown-ups" arrogate entirely too much to themselves.   [Please select]

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He was featured in the billing and he arrogated all the privileges of a real star.   [Please select]

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But now were it otherwise:--have the professors of these opinions ever considered the huge responsibility which they arrogate to themselves by such a course.   [Please select]

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