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Usage

• arrogate

  When you arrogate something, such as a position or privilege, you take it even though you don't have the legal right to it.

• arraign

  When you arraign someone, you make them come to court and answer criminal charges made against them.

• arrogant

  Someone who is arrogant thinks very highly of themselves; as a result, they can be overbearing, full of themselves, self-important, and act in a superior fashion towards others.

• arriviste

  An arriviste is someone who has recently become socially powerful—usually by dubious means—and is thus regarded as an upstart.

• arrest

  When the police arrest someone, they capture or catch them in order to hold them for questioning.