Synonyms for lay claim
lay claim

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1. claim, lay claim, arrogateverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   claim, take, seize, assign, usurp, assume, exact, take over, arrogate

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1. Chip Felkel:

   Her strength is that she can lay claim to being associated with the policies that people like about the Trump administration, but she’s not Donald Trump.

2. Rex Tillerson:

   Building islands and then putting military assets on those islands is akin to Russia's taking of Crimea. It's taking of territory that others lay claim to.

3. Rex Tillerson:

   Building islands and then putting military assets on those islands is akin to Russia's taking of Crimea. Its taking of territory that others lay claim to.

4. Immanuel Kant:

   Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of religion, and the authority of legislation, are by many regarded as grounds for exemption from the examination by this tribunal, But, if they are exempted, and cannot lay claim to sincere respect, which reason accords only to that which has stood the test of a free and public examination.

5. Sherri Schwanz:

   Governor Laura Kelly is the education governor, for her opponent to attempt to lay claim to that title is laughable. A more accurate title for Derek Schmidt to claim would be Brownback’s defender in chief.