verb (v)

• demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to(verb.possession)

  Synonym:
  claim, lay claim
  Antonym:
  forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waive
  

  source: wordnet30
• make undue claims to having(verb.possession)

  Synonym:
  assign
  

  source: wordnet30
• seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession(verb.possession)

  Synonym:
  assume, seize, take over, usurp
  

  source: wordnet30
• To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion over kings.(verb)

  source: webster1913