state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof
the Prime Minister claimed that he was concerned about Third World debt
‘I'm entitled to be conceited,’ he claimed
not every employee is eligible to claim unfair dismissal
formally request or demand; say that one owns or has earned (something)
if no one claims the items, they will become Crown property
cause the loss of (someone's life)
the attacks claimed the lives of five people