lay_claim (HyperDic hyper-dictionary) (English)

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English 1 sense of the expression *lay claim*:
VERB	possession	lay claim, claim, arrogate	demand as being one's due or property

Englishlay claim: 1 sense verb 1, possession
Meaning	demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to.
Pattern	Somebody ----s PP
Synonyms	claim, arrogate
Narrower	arrogate, assign	make undue claims to having
	pretend	Put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
	requisition	demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service
Broader	request, ask for, bespeak, call for, quest	Express the need or desire for
Opposite	forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego	Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
Similar to	claim, take	lay claim to
Spanish	atribuirse, reclamar, reivindicar

HyperDicEnglishLAY ... lay claim