Word Information

Usurp

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Definitions for Usurp

verb
seize and take control without authority and possibly with force
Synonyms
assume seize take over arrogate
Examples
  1. take as one's right or possession
  2. He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town
  3. he usurped my rights
  4. She seized control of the throne after her husband died
verb
take the place of
Examples
  1. gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke

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