Meaning & use
subrogate
To substitute one person or entity for another in holding a legal right or claim, especially in insurance.
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After paying the claim, the insurance company was subrogated to the policyholder's right to sue the driver at fault.
The contract allowed the bank to subrogate its interest in the debt to a third party.
A note on using this word
Subrogate is a legal and insurance term; the related noun 'subrogation' appears far more often in everyday insurance documents.
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