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arrogation
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arrogation
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | usurpation |
| Synonyms: | appropriation, confiscation, encroachment, preemption, seizure |
| Main Entry: | demand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | question, request |
| Synonyms: | appeal, application, arrogation, bid, bidding, call, call for, charge, claim, clamor, command, counterclaim, entreatment, entreaty, exaction, impetration, imploration, importunity, imposition, inquiry, insistence, interest, interrogation, lien, necessity, need, occasion, order, petition, plea, prayer, pursuit, requirement, requisition, rush, sale, search, solicitation, stipulation, suit, supplication, trade, ultimatum, use, vogue, want |
| Antonyms: | grant, offer, reply |
| Main Entry: | confiscation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seizure |
| Synonyms: | appropriation, arrogation, expropriation |
| Main Entry: | expropriation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seizure |
| Synonyms: | appropriation, arrogation, confiscation, impounding |
| Main Entry: | preemption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | usurpation |
| Synonyms: | appropriation, arrogation, assumption, commandeering, infringement, seizure, taking |
| Main Entry: | usurpation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seizing something |
| Synonyms: | abduction, annexation, apprehension, appropriation, arrest, arrogation, assumption, bust, collar, commandeering, confiscation, drop*, grab*, grabbing, hook*, pinch*, preemption, seizing, seizure, snatch |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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