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usurp

[ yoo-surp, -zurp ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right:

    The pretender tried to usurp the throne.

  2. to use without authority or right; employ wrongfully:

    The magazine usurped copyrighted material.



verb (used without object)

  1. to commit forcible or illegal seizure of an office, power, etc.; encroach.

usurp

/ ːˈɜː /

verb

  1. to seize, take over, or appropriate (land, a throne, etc) without authority
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Derived Forms

  • ˌܲܰˈ貹پDz, noun
  • ˈܰ, noun
  • ˈܰ貹پ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·ܰ· noun
  • ·ܰ·Բ· adverb
  • ԴDz··ܰ·Բ adjective
  • non··ܰ·Բ· adverb
  • -·ܰ verb (used without object)
  • ܲ··ܰ·Բ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of usurp1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English, from Latin ūū “to take possession through use,” equivalent to ūū (ablative of ūܲ “act of using, employment” ( use ) + -rp-, reduced form of -rip-, combining form of rapere “to seize” + - infinitive ending
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of usurp1

C14: from Old French usurper, from Latin ūū to take into use, probably from ūܲ use + rapere to seize
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In the U.S. two-party system, it has swallowed one of the two existing parties, usurping the role of conservatism and exploiting traditional party loyalties.

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With the decline of unions and so many other forms of civic life, media organizations have filled the void and have even usurped some of the traditional duties political parties once played….

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Tom Welsh was drafted in from the Loughborough Academy as a short-term hire for Indian Wells, only for Vladimir Platenik to usurp him by arriving in California for a hastily arranged trial.

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Trump has called for the judge to be impeached, and accused him of trying to usurp the presidency.

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Wilson added that she isn’t intimidated by the “pathetic man-child” and the massive amount of power he’s usurped both as the world’s richest man and a close advisor to Trump.

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