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Definition of USURP
transitive verb
1a : to seize and hold (as office, place, or powers) in possession by force or without right <usurp a throne> b : to take or make use of without right <usurped the rights to her life story>
2: to take the place of by or as if by force : supplant <must not let stock responses based on inherited prejudice usurp careful judgment>
intransitive verb
: to seize or exercise authority or possession wrongfully
— usur·pa·tion \ˌyü-sər-ˈpā-shən also ˌyü-zər-\ noun
— usurp·er \yu̇-ˈsər-pər also -ˈzər-\ noun
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