Quick definitions from WordNet (claim)

▸ noun:  demand for something as rightful or due ("They struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day")
▸ noun:  an informal right to something ("His claim on her attentions")
▸ noun:  an assertion of a right (as to money or property) ("His claim asked for damages")
▸ noun:  an assertion that something is true or factual ("His claim that he was innocent")
▸ noun:  an established or recognized right ("A strong legal claim to the property")
▸ noun:  a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"
▸ verb:  demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to ("He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter")
▸ verb:  take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs ("The accident claimed three lives")
▸ verb:  assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing ("He claimed that he killed the burglar")
▸ verb:  lay claim to; as of an idea
▸ verb:  ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example ("They claimed on the maximum allowable amount")

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