arrogated
Seized without right
Arrogated is the past tense of arrogate, meaning to claim or seize something without justification or right.
It typically applies to powers, privileges, or authority that someone takes for themselves presumptuously.
The committee arrogated decision-making powers that belonged to the full board.
The word carries a strong negative connotation, suggesting overreach or unwarranted self-importance.
Arrogated is uncommon in everyday speech but appears in legal, political, and formal contexts.
Took for one's use
- seizedTook suddenly, forcefully
- claimedStated as fact
- assumedTaken as true
- commandeeredSeized for official use
expropriated · annexed · confiscated · usurped · taken · grabbed · requisitioned · snatched
Having rightful claim
- overreachingExceeding proper limits
- audaciousRecklessly or disrespectfully fearless
- brazenShamelessly bold
- presumingTaking for granted
self-important · hubristic · overconfident · conceited · pompous · haughty · imperious · overbearing
Exercising power unjustly
- dictatorialImposing absolute control
- autocraticRuling with absolute authority
- despoticExercising absolute authority
- high-handedDomineering without regard for others
overbearing · imperious · oppressive · controlling · coercive · bullying · masterful · peremptory
appropriated
Took for one's use
commandeered · expropriated · annexed · confiscated · usurped · taken · grabbed · requisitioned · snatched · captured
entitled
Having rightful claim
- overreachingExceeding proper limits
- audaciousRecklessly or disrespectfully fearless
- brazenShamelessly bold
presuming · self-important · hubristic · overconfident · conceited · pompous · haughty · imperious · overbearing · forward
tyrannical
Exercising power unjustly
- dictatorialImposing absolute control
- autocraticRuling with absolute authority
- despoticExercising absolute authority
high-handed · overbearing · imperious · oppressive · controlling · coercive · bullying · masterful · peremptory · overweening
arrogatedabdicated
Relinquished power formally
relinquished · renounced · surrendered · ceded · yielded