From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Arrogation \Ar'ro*ga"tion\, noun [L. arrogatio, fr. arrogare. Cf. {Adrogation}.]
1. The act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to. --Hall.
2. (Civ. Law) Adoption of a person of full age.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: seizure by the government [syn: {confiscation}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "arrogation": accession, accounting for, adoption, anointing, anointment, answerability, application, appointment, appropriation, ascription, assignation, assignment, assumption, attachment, attribution, authorization, blame, charge, colonization, connection with, conquest, consecration, coronation, credit, delegation, deputation, derivation from, election, empowerment, encroachment, enslavement, etiology, honor, imputation, indent, infringement, invasion, legitimate succession, occupation, palaetiology, placement, playing God, preemption, preoccupation, prepossession, reference to, requisition, responsibility, saddling, seizure, subjugation, succession, takeover, taking over, trespass, trespassing, usurpation
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