arrogation
Example Sentences
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“But this Court rejected that arrogation of authority, identifying numerous legal errors,” is said.
From Los Angeles Times β Apr. 8, 2025
As she put it in her dissent, the majority’s arrogation of the power to decide what Congress has and has not delegated:
From Slate β Jul. 13, 2023
The mannequins displaying them are mostly dispersed throughout the home — including in the dining room — which makes the cultural arrogation at play painfully, if edifyingly, clear.
From New York Times β Aug. 30, 2018
It may be that all acts of responsible citizenship require a certain amount of willfully entered arrogation.
From The Guardian β Nov. 11, 2016
It is well-disposed and desires to mend matters; it undertakes the suppression of robbery, theft, embezzlement, waste, premeditated or unintentional arrogation of authority, extravagance, negligence and failure.
From The Modern Regime, Volume 1 by John Durand
