arrogation

noun

Definition of arrogationnext
as in appropriation
the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority the legislature's arrogation of certain powers that are explicitly reserved by the constitution for the judiciary

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  1. appropriation
  2. takeover
  3. seizure
  4. annexation
Noun
  • Yee-Wallace questioned whether the remaining damages — the punitive damages — would come from a state Department of Administration fund or Boise State’s general appropriations.
    Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Anderson gave us the Puzzle bag, the Gate bag, and a celebrated high-fashion appropriation of the humble market tote.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of appropriation
Noun
  • While police said the report of a migrant takeover was unfounded, there was at least one homicide this year at the complex where the offenders and victims were Venezuelan.
    Armando L. Sanchez, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Nashville, Tennessee, added to the Southern takeover at #7.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of takeover
Noun
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin's seizure of Crimea, combined with his ambitious modernization program for Russia's armed forces, had to change how the U.S. government viewed Moscow.
    Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • In Kansas City, just one seizure last year netted enough fentanyl to potentially kill more than 5 million people.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of seizure
Noun
  • Trump's annexation plans face obvious political and legal barriers.
    CAT ZAKRZEWSKI AND MARIANA ALFARO THE WASHINGTON POST, arkansasonline.com, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has commented on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's Greenland proposal, drawing parallels between the plan and Russia's annexation of several Ukrainian regions.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of annexation
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