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Arrogate

To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion over kings.

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Verb group 4

Claim 84% connected

To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Claim 84% connected

To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Manner of action 10

Annex 76% connected

To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Appropriate 76% connected

Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assign 76% connected

To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Capture 76% connected

The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Conquer 76% connected

To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to overcome by fo…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Preoccupy 76% connected

To take possession of before another; as, to preoccupy a country not before held.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pretend 76% connected

To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Raid 76% connected

A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Requisition 76% connected

The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or application made as by authority.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Seize 76% connected

To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.

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Broader term 5

Bespeak 76% connected

To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Claim 76% connected

To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Quest 76% connected

The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Request 76% connected

The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Usurpation 74% connected

The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Usurpation 74% connected

The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Assign 92% connected

To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Assume 92% connected

To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Claim 92% connected

To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Seize 92% connected

To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Usurp 92% connected

To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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