arrogating
Seizing without right
Arrogating is claiming or seizing something—typically power, authority, or rights—without justification.
The word implies presumption: The committee was arrogating powers it had never been granted.
One can arrogate privileges, titles, or decision-making authority that properly belongs to others or to no one at all.
Seizing without authority
- appropriatingTaking for one's use
- annexingIncorporating territory by force
- commandeeringSeizing by force or authority
- confiscatingLegally seizing property
expropriating · encroaching · infringing · preempting · claiming · monopolizing · requisitioning · wresting
Having rightful claim
- audaciousRecklessly or disrespectfully fearless
- brazenShamelessly bold
- impertinentRudely presumptuous
- impudentDisrespectfully bold
overconfident · conceited · hubristic · self-important · uppity · cheeky · forward · assuming
Aggressive repeated intimidation
- tyrannicalExercising power unjustly
- dictatorialImposing absolute control
- bossyToo fond of directing others
- imperiousArrogantly authoritative
autocratic · despotic · high-handed · coercive · oppressive · controlling · pushy · forceful
usurping
Seizing without authority
- appropriatingTaking for one's use
- annexingIncorporating territory by force
- commandeeringSeizing by force or authority
confiscating · expropriating · encroaching · infringing · preempting · claiming · monopolizing · requisitioning · wresting · co-opting
entitled
Having rightful claim
- audaciousRecklessly or disrespectfully fearless
- brazenShamelessly bold
- impertinentRudely presumptuous
impudent · overconfident · conceited · hubristic · self-important · uppity · cheeky · forward · assuming · overreaching
bullying
Aggressive repeated intimidation
- tyrannicalExercising power unjustly
- dictatorialImposing absolute control
- bossyToo fond of directing others
imperious · autocratic · despotic · high-handed · coercive · oppressive · controlling · pushy · forceful · intimidating
arrogatingabdicating
Abandoning sovereign duties
relinquishing · renouncing · surrendering · ceding · yielding
arrogatingdeferring
Postponing or yielding respectfully
submitting · acquiescing · kowtowing · conceding · acceding