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词汇 arrogate
释义 arrogate
verb[ T ]
 formaluk /ˈær.ə.ɡeɪt/ us /ˈer.ə.ɡeɪt/
to take something without having the right to do so: 霸占;擅取;妄称
They arrogate to themselves the power to punish people.他们擅权惩罚别人。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Capturing or taking possession of things
-grabbing
apprehend
apprehension
at bayidiom
cage
captor
capture
catch
clutch
collar
grab
grabber
grasp at something
intercept
recover
sequester
sequestration
snag
snatch
snatch at something

Examples of arrogate


arrogate
This gap, however, is filled by groups who arrogate that power to themselves.
She viewed him as silently arrogating to himself the status of head of the household, while demoting her to that of a mere dependent.
In any case, it no longer arrogates to humans the status of sole determiners of value.
It may be the moment when the artist finally arrogates a concept of the self as performer.
Music had arrogated to itself the most important, individual characteristic of text, its literal meaning.
I resent very much indeed the attempt of any party trying to arrogate to itself the title of champions of the unemployed.
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It would not do so because that would be to arrogate to itself a political and administrative decision.
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The operating company could not arrogate to themselves the position of a court of appeal.
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I dislike the arrogance of those who attack scientific progress of this kind when they arrogate to themselves the title of humanitarians.
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The day is past when any class can arrogate to itself any particular privilege.
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This is not an attempt to set up a committee that would arrogate to itself powers to intervene, to determine and to impose.
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They do not arrogate to themselves the right of omniscience.
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They are excluded by a chief officer who arrogates all that power to himself.
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He must not arrogate to himself all the omniscience.
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They are always arrogating to themselves the name of the people.
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