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usurp
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usurp
v.
seize, take over, appropriate
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Usurper
An usurper is an illegitimate or controversial claimant to power, often but not always in a monarchy. This may include a person who succeeds in establishing himself as a monarch without inheriting the throne or any other person exercising authority unconstitutionally. A person who takes the power of the country for himself or herself at the expense of the people. It may also be applied to an official acting ultra vires, outside his authority or jurisdiction.
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usurp
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) assume, seize, take over, arrogate
(hypernym) take
(hyponym) annex
(derivation) usurpation
2. take the place of; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terorist act broke"
(hypernym) supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon
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usurp
v.
uchvátit; uzurpovat
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usurp
Czas.
uzurpować sobie
