claim

Definition for claim

noun as in property, right demanded or reserved

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allegation, application, assertion, call, case, demand, interest, petition, plea, request, requirement, suit

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affirmation, birthright, counterclaim, declaration, dibs, due, entreaty, lien, part, postulation, prerogative, pretense, pretension, privilege, profession, protestation, reclamation, requisition, title, ultimatum

verb as in demand, maintain property or right

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allege, ask, assert, believe, call for, challenge, collect, declare, defend, hold, insist, need, take

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adduce, advance, exact, hit, justify, knock, postulate, pretend, profess, pronounce, require, requisition, solicit, uphold, vindicate

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have dibs on something, hit up, hold out for, lay claim to, pick up, pop the question, stake out

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University officials disputed the union’s allegations, saying in a statement that “we fundamentally disagree with AFSCME’s claims of bad faith bargaining and characterization of unacceptable bargaining proposals.”

From Los Angeles Times

Dame Angela attacked the Conservatives' record on asylum, particularly their claim that their Rwanda scheme was a deterrent.

From BBC

Already, elected Republicans are deploying their favorite trick from the first Trump presidency: claiming they simply haven’t seen the horrible thing reporters are asking about.

From Salon

But that is not what she publicly claimed happened at first.

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves's CV came under the spotlight at Prime Minister's Questions, following claims she had embellished some of her past achievements.

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