arrogating
present participle ofarrogate
arrogate
verb[T]
formaluk/ˈær.ə.ɡeɪt/us/ˈer.ə.ɡeɪt/to take something without having therightto do so:
They arrogatetothemselves thepowertopunishpeople.
Capturing or taking possession of things
- -grabbing
- apprehend
- apprehension
- arrogate
- at bayidiom
- cage
- capture
- catch
- clutch
- collar
- entangle
- get/lay/putyourhands onsomeoneidiom
- grab
- grabber
- repo
- repo man
- repossess
- seize
- sequester
- sequestration
Examplesofarrogating
arrogating
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
She viewed him as silentlyarrogatingto himself the status of head of the household, while demoting her to that of a mere dependent.
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They are alwaysarrogatingto themselves the name of the people.
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To be fair, the shadow spokesmen arearrogatingto themselves other responsibilities, such as measuring the dimensions of council house passageways.
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This isarrogatingto civil servants far too important a position.
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First, he suggested that my right honourable friend wasarrogatingto himself decisions about day-to-day running of the railways.
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It is about opposing any statearrogatingto itself the right to annex land.
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The scientists have been criticised forarrogatingto themselves the powers of government.
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The first was, he said, that we werearrogatingto ourselves the control of taxation.
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I am notarrogatingsuperior knowledge nor apportioning blame.
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Therefore, in my judgment, he isarrogatingto himself a right which he does not possess.
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If nothing else, they should be able to speak for themselves, rather than having othersarrogatingdecisions on their behalf.
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He isarrogatingnothing to himself.
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I mean that the court is powerful in spreading its tentacles rather than inarrogatingto itself, which it cannot do, additional constitutional powers under the statute.
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They are usually concerned solely witharrogatingto their founders the outward symbols of statehood.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was denounced by supporters of prohibition for his ineffectiveness at enforcing it, and by its opponents forarrogatingto himself the powers of a czar.
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