arrogate

Verb

Verb Forms: arrogated, arrogating, arrogates

To take or claim something without justification.
demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
make undue claims to having
seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right.

Examples

He tried to arrogate the win by playing a phony word, but I challenged it.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin arrogātus, perfect passive participle of adrogō, arrogō (“ask of, adopt, appropriate, assume”), from ad (“to”) + rogō (“ask”).

Synonyms

assign, assume, claim, lay claim, seize, take over, usurp, commandeer, expropriate

Antonyms

forfeit, abandon, abdicate, relinquish, renounce

Scrabble Score: 9

arrogate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
arrogate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
arrogate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

arrogate: valid Words With Friends Word