arrogate

1 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" [syn: claim, lay claim] [ant: forfeit]

2 make undue claims to having [syn: assign]

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]

English

Verb

1. To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right.

Synonyms

• (to appropriate for oneself without right) commandeer, expropriate, usurp

Antonyms

• abandon
• abdicate
• relinquish
• renounce

Related terms

• arrogant

Translations

accroach, adopt, annex, appropriate, assume, assume command, colonize, commandeer, confiscate, conquer, encroach, enslave, expropriate, grab, hog, indent, infringe, invade, jump a claim, make free with, make use of, monopolize, mount the throne, occupy, overrun, play God, preempt, preoccupy, prepossess, pretend to, requisition, seize, seize power, seize the throne, sequester, sit on, squat on, subjugate, take, take all of, take charge, take command, take it all, take over, take possession of, take the helm, take the lead, take up, trespass, usurp