Verb
1. demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to;
"He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter""Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident"2. make undue claims to having
3. seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession;
"He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town""he usurped my rights""She seized control of the throne after her husband died"