arrogate

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

verb demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
verb make undue claims to having
verb seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession

From Latin arrogātus, perfect passive participle of adrogō, arrogō (“ask of, adopt, appropriate, assume”), from ad (“to”) + rogō (“ask”).

To arrogate, is to Dishonour. — Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes
He soon arrogated to himself the whole power. — Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Complete, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
Who am I to have arrogated His rights?" — Wanderfoot (The Dream Ship), Cynthia Stockley

claim, lay claim

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