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To arrogate is to take a right, a title, or a power and wear it as if it already belongs to you — when nobody gave it, and the rules do not give it either. The usual subjects are governments, bosses, committees, and the loud person in a group who starts speaking for everyone. It is a formal, almost legal word. You will not hear it over lunch. Though actually it sits in the same family as arrogance, the everyday feel is different. Arrogance is the look on someone’s face. Arrogate is the grab itself. You arrogate power, authority, the right to decide. You do not arrogate a sandwich. And it is not a fancy spelling of arrogant: one is a verb about claiming, the other is an adjective about manner.
僭稱、擅自據為己有（書面、法律味道；不是日常口語）
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
arrogateverb/ˈæɹəɡeɪt/
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To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right.
- Ye who arrogate to yourselves that ye see more, or at least are not so blind as others; in your unbelieving conduct, allow me to say, ye are blinder than others; ye are even blinder than the most ignorant and illiterate.
- Unfortunately, certain capitalists have arrogated to themselves monopolies and privileges which are quite sufficient to account for this [commotion of the populace against capitalists].
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。