usurp

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To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means
To use and assume the coat of arms of another person
to take possession of by force
{v} to hold without right, to seize upon by violence
{f} seize, take over, appropriate
take the place of; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terorist act broke"
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"
If you say that someone usurps a job, role, title, or position, they take it from someone when they have no right to do this. Did she usurp his place in his mother's heart?. to take someone else's power, position, job etc when you do not have the right to (usurper, from usurpare , from usus ( USE) + rapere )
take the place of; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terorist act broke
To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him
To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act as, a usurper
usurpation
trespass onto another's property without permission
usurpation
{n} an illegal possession, seizure, force
usurper
{n} one who possesses another's right
Usurpation
usurpature
usurpation
entry to another's property without right or permission
usurpation
trespass onto anothers property without permission
usurpation
{i} unlawful takeover of control or of government
usurpation
wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority); "a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation"
usurpation
Use; usage; custom
usurpation
the wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority
usurpation
The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power
usurpations
plural of usurpation
usurped
(used especially of the rights of another) seized and held by force; "the usurped crown sat heavy on his head
usurper
One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron
usurper
A usurper is someone who takes another person's title or position when they have no right to
usurper
{i} one who usurps
usurper
one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another
usurping
{s} taking over illegally or by force
usurping
present participle of usurp
usurps
third-person singular of usurp
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