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Meaning usurp meaning

What does usurp mean?

usurp

— verb (= assume, seize) 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 — verb take the place of gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke

Synonyms usurp synonyms

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usurp English » English

seize assume take over capture arrogate appropriate occupy grab snatch misappropriate hijack presumption pre-empt encroach upon contend confiscate bold wrest something from someone wrest vie tyrant tyrannical trench swoop supplant supersede strive snap selfish rifle raid peculate partake oust leader infringe grasp excellent entrap ensnare encroach on domineer covetous convert conqueror commandeer catch burglarise bully accroach

Conjugation usurp conjugation

How do you conjugate usurp?

usurp · verb

Examples usurp examples

How do I use usurp in a sentence?

Simple sentences

With the heirless king going crazy and royal family poisoned, the general of the army finally had his chance to usurp the throne.

Movie subtitles

Mr. Keane, you seem anxious to usurp the duties of the judge in this case. Proceed, Sir Joseph.
Miki may plan to usurp the throne, and then Miki himself will become our next enemy.
He's never attempted to usurp Roman jurisdiction over Judea.
Your family murdered Clarence to usurp the power from my son.
He plans to usurp my crown and trades with my enemy, Philip of France. Trades!
I did not usurp the crown.
If you promise not to usurp me again!
No being is so important that he can usurp another's rights.
Therefore, I decided to strike first and usurp your position, and then establish a kingdom for the Miaos.
Then why was our government trying to usurp Wilczek's research?
Cronus was furious as Zeus was trying to usurp his power.
What art thou that usurp'st this time of night together with that fair and warlike form in which the majesty of buried Denmark did sometimes march?
He's come to usurp your place here.
And no other troubadour may usurp his territory. meaning this other guy.
For conspiring against the state or attempting to usurp the throne.
Usurp her.
He was hired by Picard to usurp my identity.
As Spider Demon clan members, we must live to our fullest, and as samurai, honouring our Spider Demon principles, we shall usurp the Yagyu clan and make our mark on the world.
Being under my command, you dare usurp me!
Thou mixture rank of midnight weeds collected with Hecate's ban thrice blasted, thrice infected thy natural magic and dire property on wholesome life usurp immediately.
But what happens when our woman partner usurp that role?
I'm not here to usurp your position.
He plans to usurp my crown and trades with my enemy, Philip of France.
See, I know he is trying to usurp my position with the Daleks.
To usurp the rights he doesn't have, to rob and pillage.
Thou dost usurp that title now by fraud, for in that shell of mother is a bawd.
Must be quite a girl to usurp Gwyneth.
Guy somehow manages to usurp the security guards and turn them into his jujitsu partners.
Miss Fancy Day and her fancy harmonium will usurp us any day soon 'tis what I hear.
I will never allow communism. or fascism. or, God forbid, modernism. to overthrow the decencies of private life. to usurp property. and disrupt the true order of life.
What art thou that usurp'st this time of night, together with that fair and warlike form in which the majesty of buried Denmark did sometimes march?
Thy natural magic and dire property, on wholesome life usurp immediately.
Mightn't there be some benefit if I pay Princess Victoria a visit before Conroy has a chance to usurp her?

News and current affairs

But he is surely right to observe that no other power is threatening to usurp America's role as the world's military policeman.
Indonesians have the tools to thwart radicals' efforts to usurp Islam.
CAMBRIDGE - China's rise has raised many questions for the West, with some wondering whether it is set to usurp a struggling Europe's global leadership role.
Iran not only threatens Israel (and the region) with its desire for a nuclear capability and its Shi'a proxy militants; it is also seeking to usurp the traditional role of moderate Sunni Arab regimes as the Palestinians' defenders.

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