verb
- claiming or taking something (such as power, authority, or a right) without justification; assuming something without proper grounds
Usage: present participle of 'arrogate'; formal register
Examples
- The CEO was criticized for arrogating decision-making power without consulting the board.
- He was arrogating the right to speak for the entire group, though no one had elected him.
- The government was accused of arrogating control over private businesses.
- She resented him arrogating authority he did not possess.
- By arrogating the title of expert, he misled many people about his qualifications.
- The dictator spent years arrogating more and more power to himself.