arrogate
UK/'ærәugeit/US
GREC2
Definitions
v.
To claim or take something, especially power or rights, without justification.
僭取；擅自占用；无理地霸占（权力、权利）
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedar-to, toward
+
-ateto make, having
=arrogate
ar- is ad- (to, toward oneself) + rog (ask, claim) + -ate = 'to ask something to oneself.' To arrogate is to claim for yourself a right you have no business taking. The same root gives arrogant — someone who arrogates importance to himself.
Root rog still carries 8 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.arrogate to oneself把……揽到自己身上
- 2.arrogate power僭取权力
- 3.arrogate authority擅自夺取权力
Example Sentences
- 1.
The committee arrogated to itself the power to overrule any decision.
- 2.
He arrogated all the credit for the team's success.
- 3.
No single branch may arrogate the authority of the others.