arrogate

Verb
  1. Demand as being one's due or property;
    Assert one's right or title to (synset 202280210)
    "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident"
    is a type of: ask for, bespeak, call for, quest, request - express the need or desire for
    subtypes:
    • pretend - put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
    • requisition - demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service
    • arrogate, assign - make undue claims to having
    same as: claim, lay claim
    verb group: claim, take - lay claim to; as of an idea
  2. Make undue claims to having (synset 202281591)
    is a type of: arrogate, claim, lay claim - demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
    same as: assign
  3. Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force;
    Take as one's right or possession (synset 202279327)
    "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"
    is a type of: take - take by force
    subtypes:
    • annex - take (territory) as if by conquest
    • appropriate, capture, conquer, seize - take possession of by force, as after an invasion
    • preoccupy - occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
    • hijack - seize control of
    • raid - take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock
    same as: assume, seize, take over, usurp

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