arrogate

But in any case, very few women seek the absolute power that the male writers and scholars of the Abrahamic religious traditions arrogated for themselves.

Today, we have a priest who has disbanded the pastoral council and arrogated governance to himself and his staff.

"It can only happen through a Supreme Court decision. Otherwise no political party can arrogate themselves that right or power. It’s wishful thinking."

“We hold only that state courts may not transgress the ordinary bounds of judicial review such that they arrogate to themselves the power vested in state legislatures to regulate federal elections.”

“What is remarkable about the challenged statute and rules is not that they address medical treatments with both risks and benefits but that they arrogate to the state the right to make the decision.”