Meaning & use
arrogation
The act of claiming or taking something, especially power or a right, without justification.
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Critics condemned the arrogation of emergency powers by the president without congressional approval.
The board resisted the manager's arrogation of decisions that belonged to the whole committee.
A note on using this word
Comes from 'arrogate,' meaning to claim unfairly; it always carries a negative sense of overreach.
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