Arrogate (verb)
a-ro-gayt
Take or claim (something) without justification.
Mid 16th century from Latin arrogat- ‘claimed for oneself’, from the verb arrogare, from ad- ‘to’ + rogare ‘ask’.
Example sentences
“All they do is arrogate success while stumbling from one blunder to the next.”
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