ARROGATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arrogation mean? 

• ARROGATION (noun)
  The noun ARROGATION has 1 sense:

1. seizure by the government

  Familiarity information: ARROGATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARROGATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Seizure by the government

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

arrogation; confiscation

Hypernyms ("arrogation" is a kind of...):

seizure (the taking possession of something by legal process)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arrogation"):

expropriation (taking out of an owner's hands (especially taking property by public authority))

Derivation:

arrogate (seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession)