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Expropriate vs Arrogate - What's the difference?

expropriate | arrogate | Synonyms |

Expropriate is a synonym of arrogate.


As verbs the difference between expropriate and arrogate

is that expropriate is to deprive a person of their private property for public use while arrogate is (lb) to appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right.

expropriate

English

Verb

(expropriat)
  • To deprive a person of their private property for public use.

    • arrogate

    English

    Verb

    (arrogat)
  • (lb) To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right.
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  • *:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”

    • Synonyms

    * (to appropriate for oneself without right) commandeer, expropriate, usurp

    Antonyms

    * abandon * abdicate * relinquish * renounce

    Related terms

    * arrogance * arrogant * arrogation

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