Claim
Claim verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.
Usage example: people who claim that they have been kidnapped by aliens from other worlds
Disclaim
Disclaim verb - To refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility.
Usage example: the prisoner disclaimed any part in the prank
Common collocations
| responsibility | claim responsibility | disclaim responsibility |
| credit | claim credit | disclaim credit |
| right | claim right | disclaim right |
| ownership | claim ownership | disclaim ownership |
Both words in one sentence
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I can neither claim it nor disclaim it (laughter).
Source: Putting the Pee in Pool
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