usurp, v.
(usurped, usurping, usurps)
freq. cnt. 2
(usurped, usurping, usurps)
freq. cnt. 2
seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
<verb.possession> freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 2
arrogate assume seize take over usurp
sample sentences
"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 frames
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Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
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take the place of
<verb.social>
usurp
sample sentences
"gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke"verb frames
Something ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym