arrogate

v. demand without right; seize unjustly; attribute unjustly

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Verb
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"
(synonym) claim, lay claim
(hypernym) request, bespeak, call for, quest
(hyponym) pretend
(verb-group) claim, take
(derivation) arrogator
2. make undue claims to having
(synonym) assign
(hypernym) claim, lay claim
(derivation) arrogator
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"
(synonym) assume, usurp, seize, take over
(hypernym) take
(hyponym) annex
(derivation) confiscation, arrogation

v. arrogate, seize unjustly, attribute unjustly

v. assume; arrogate to

(v. t.)
To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion over kings.