Arrogation

noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    The unjust assumption of rights or privilege. countable, uncountable

    "The President's arrogation of this new Act oversteps his bounds and causes our rights to suffer."

  2. 2
    seizure by the government wordnet

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"The President's arrogation of this new Act oversteps his bounds and causes our rights to suffer."

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