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English to English verb
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seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession |  | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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take the place of | | Example: gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act as, a usurper. | | source: webster1913
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