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Definition of usurpation in English English dictionary
- trespass onto another's property without permission
- the wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority
- {n} an illegal possession, seizure, force
- entry to another's property without right or permission
- trespass onto anothers property without permission
- {i} unlawful takeover of control or of government
- 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"
- Use; usage; custom
- 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
- usurpature
- usurp
- To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means
- usurp
- To use and assume the coat of arms of another person
- usurp
- to take possession of by force
- usurp
- {v} to hold without right, to seize upon by violence
- usurp
- {f} seize, take over, appropriate
- usurp
- take the place of; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terorist act broke"
- usurp
- 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"
- usurp
- 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 )
- usurp
- take the place of; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terorist act broke
- usurp
- 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
- usurp
- To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act as, a usurper
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usurpation
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u·sur·pa·tionTurkish pronunciation
yusırpeyşınPronunciation
/ˌyo͞osərˈpāsʜən/ /ˌjuːsɜrˈpeɪʃən/
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