What does "arrogation" mean?

The unjust assumption of rights or privilege.

Arrogation

Common synonyms include: accession, accounting for, adoption, anointing, anointment, answerability.

noun

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Noun

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
seizure by the government wordnet

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