USURP
\juːzˈɜːp], \juːzˈɜːp], \j_uː_z_ˈɜː_p]\
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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.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To take possession of as the rights of another, by force.
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To take possession of the rights of another by force.
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Usurper, usurpation.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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