usurp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To seize and hold or use (powers, an office, a coat of arms, a right or copyright, etc) from another, without right (usually by illegitimate means).
To take the place the place of someone or something else; to supplant.
To make use of.

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From Middle English usurpen, from Old French usurper, from Latin ūsūrpō.

rape raptor ravish use utility appropriate

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