“We didn't think you'd start trying to arrogate powers to yourself that aren't yours!”

“It is doubtful that the US can successfully arrogate this privilege only to itself.”

“A monarch would attempt to arrogate power to himself, as do all the current Middle Eastern kings.”

“The Executive Branch arrogates the authority to become the investigator, the prosecutor, the judge, the jury, and then the executioner.”

“As the ramifications of Jimmy's attempt to dispose of the intruder's corpse – a responsibility he arrogates to the dismal Tony Cusack – begin to assert themselves, we see the stories of these characters collide and transform.”

“But in any case the United States is the centre of a global empire, a state with a military presence in most countries which arrogates to itself the role of world leader and policeman.”

“In this, the government with a good majority is actually arrogating the powers of Parliament.”

“Neither in World War II nor in the Cold War did US administrations go so far in restricting civil liberties or arrogating unlimited power to the executive branch.”

“Such a gesture might be directed at China, which Rubio accused of arrogating territory near Japan and the Philippines.”