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- verb Present participle of
arrogate .
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Examples
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They will say that the Spanish court is interfering in the internal affairs of the new government in Iraq, arrogating to itself powers over an incident that does not directly concern Spain as no Spanish nationals were involved.
Allan Gerson: Spain's Courage: Holding Iraq Accountable Allan Gerson 2011
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An inartful, vapid, sneering, arrogating and boorish show of facile contempt.
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They will say that the Spanish court is interfering in the internal affairs of the new government in Iraq, arrogating to itself powers over an incident that does not directly concern Spain as no Spanish nationals were involved.
Allan Gerson: Spain's Courage: Holding Iraq Accountable Allan Gerson 2011
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A few weeks ago there was a minor flap about the Governor-General: it appeared that she was arrogating to herself the office of Head of State.
Archive 2009-12-01 2009
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The more Taggert and Rearden fight for their companies against the arrogating bureaucrats, the longer it will take for the inexorable demise of a system based on demanding something for nothing.
Michael Shermer: Atlas Shrugged, But You Shouldn't Michael Shermer 2011
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They will say that the Spanish court is interfering in the internal affairs of the new government in Iraq, arrogating to itself powers over an incident that does not directly concern Spain as no Spanish nationals were involved.
Allan Gerson: Spain's Courage: Holding Iraq Accountable Allan Gerson 2011
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The more Taggert and Rearden fight for their companies against the arrogating bureaucrats, the longer it will take for the inexorable demise of a system based on demanding something for nothing.
Michael Shermer: Atlas Shrugged, But You Shouldn't Michael Shermer 2011
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A primary cause of incivility in public discourse emanates from arrogating to ourselves the role of Judge.
Rabbi Julie Schonfeld: Be a Teacher, Not a Judge: The Essence of Yom Kippur 2010
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A primary cause of incivility in public discourse emanates from arrogating to ourselves the role of Judge.
Rabbi Julie Schonfeld: Be a Teacher, Not a Judge: The Essence of Yom Kippur 2010
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A primary cause of incivility in public discourse emanates from arrogating to ourselves the role of Judge.
Rabbi Julie Schonfeld: Be a Teacher, Not a Judge: The Essence of Yom Kippur 2010
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