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arrogation 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. confiscation: seizure by the government
  2. (arrogate) claim: 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"
  3. (arrogate) make undue claims to having
  4. (arrogate) assume: 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"
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  6. The unjust assumption of rights or privilege
  7. (arrogate) To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right
  8. (arrogate) (27) to claim or seize without right.
  9. (arrogate) (v.) to take without justification (The king arrogated the right to order executions to himself exclusively.)
  10. (arrogate) v. - take or claim beyond one's rights. arrogation, n.
  11. Claiming or seizing something without justification; claiming something on behalf of another. In CIVIL LAW, the ADOPTION of an adult who was legally capable of acting for himself or herself.
  12. noun - 1. the act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to 2. seizure by the government