arrogate

/'ærougeit/
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arrogate

The manager arrogated the authority to approve all purchases.

Definition
  1. Verb (transitive):
    • To claim or seize something without justification or right: To take or demand something for oneself in an overbearing or presumptuous manner, often without proper authority.
    • To attribute or assign something to oneself or another unjustifiably: To ascribe a particular quality, right, or possession to someone, especially oneself, on an unfounded basis.
Usage and Examples
  • To claim/seize something unjustly:
    • The dictator arrogated the power to change the constitution.
    • He arrogated the privilege of using the company jet for personal trips.
  • To attribute something unjustifiably:
    • She arrogated to herself a level of expertise she did not possess.
    • The historian warned against arrogating modern motives to ancient peoples.
Advanced Usage and Nuances
  • Legal/Political Context: Often used in formal contexts to describe the unlawful or unauthorized seizure of power, rights, or privileges.
    • The committee accused the chairman of arrogating decision-making powers that belonged to the full board.
  • With Prepositions: Typically used with "to oneself" or "to" when specifying the recipient of the unjust claim.
    • The general arrogated all legislative authority to himself.
Variants and Related Words
  • Arrogation (noun): The act of arrogating.
    • The arrogation of these lands by the settlers was illegal.
  • Arrogant (adjective): Having an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities. (Shares the same Latin root but is a distinct adjective describing a personality trait, not an action).
Synonyms
  • Usurp: To take a position of power or importance illegally or by force. (Often used for positions, titles, or thrones).
  • Appropriate: To take something for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission. (Can be neutral or negative).
  • Assume: To take or begin to have power or responsibility, sometimes without right. (Can be less negatively charged).
  • Claim: To state or assert that something is the case, often without providing evidence. (Broader and more common).
Antonyms
  • Relinquish: To voluntarily give up or release a claim, right, or possession.
  • Cede: To give up power or territory.
  • Renounce: To formally declare one's abandonment of a claim, right, or possession.
Idiomatic Expressions and Phrases
  • To arrogate authority/power/rights: The most common collocation, emphasizing the seizure of a specific type of entitlement.
    • The new manager quickly arrogated the right to approve all expenditures.
  • To arrogate to oneself: A standard phrase highlighting the self-directed nature of the action.
    • He arrogated to himself the sole credit for the team's success.
arrogate

The manager arrogated the authority to approve all purchases.

Verb
  1. 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
  2. make undue claims to having
  3. 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

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