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Arrogator

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Noun

1. arrogator

a person who through conceit makes pretentious claims to rights or advantages that he or she is not entitled to or to qualities that he or she does not possess

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Arrogator

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verb
1. (transitive)
to claim or appropriate for oneself presumptuously or without justification
2. (transitive)
to attribute or assign to another without justification

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Arrogator

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈarroˌgated or ˈarroˌgating
1. 
to claim or seize without right; appropriate (to oneself) arrogantly
2. 
to ascribe or attribute without reason

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Arrogator

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tr.v. ar·ro·gat·ed, ar·ro·gat·ing, ar·ro·gates
1. To take or claim for oneself without right; appropriate: "That's how my cousin came to don the hand-tailored suits and to arrogate to himself the glamorous responsibility for ushering to their tables big-name customers" (Philip Roth). See Synonyms at appropriate.
2. To ascribe on behalf of another in an unwarranted manner: "The Platt Amendment of 1901 arrogated to the United States the right to intervene in Cuba in case of threats to its independence or American lives or property" (Walter McDougall).

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