Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of arrogating, or making unjust or unwarrantable claims or demands; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to.
- noun In Roman law, same as
adrogation .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to.
- noun (Civ. Law) Adoption of a person of full age.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The unjust assumption of
rights orprivilege .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun seizure by the government
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Examples
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I shall call that the "arrogation" thesis inasmuch as, presumably, to make ourselves master of the sources of life is to arrogate to ourselves something we ought not to.
Development and Negation VI: Contraception Mike L 2006
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I shall call that the "arrogation" thesis inasmuch as, presumably, to make ourselves master of the sources of life is to arrogate to ourselves something we ought not to.
Archive 2006-01-01 Mike L 2006
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Everything he had done, things no other president in modern times had managed to do, had been vilified by Republicans as an arrogation of power that stole by degrees the liberty and property of the American people.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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Even the very term, pro bono — short for pro bono publico (literally, for good or for the public good) — is a misnomer and arrogation on the part of the too often self-admiring attorney and legalclass.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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Everything he had done, things no other president in modern times had managed to do, had been vilified by Republicans as an arrogation of power that stole by degrees the liberty and property of the American people.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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Everything he had done, things no other president in modern times had managed to do, had been vilified by Republicans as an arrogation of power that stole by degrees the liberty and property of the American people.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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Even the very term, pro bono — short for pro bono publico (literally, for good or for the public good) — is a misnomer and arrogation on the part of the too often self-admiring attorney and legalclass.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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An immense arrogation of moral supremacism, based upon selective data and a still more selective and tendentious reading of thatdata.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Do ‘Family Values’ Weaken Families?” 2010
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"The structure of the Constitution interposes obstacles by design, in order to prevent the arrogation of power by one branch or one sovereign."
ObamaCare's Latest Judicial Defeat David B. Rivkin Jr. 2011
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But I believe I catch your drift: another contented arrogation, another sneer.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 13 States File Suit Against Health Care Reform 2010
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