Word Finder - usurping

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To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.

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To use and assume the coat of arms of another person.

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To take the place rightfully belonging to someone or something else.

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To make use of.

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Usurpation

The new law is usurping the function of the judge.

When Pretorius conducted the negotiations which led to the signing of the Sand River Convention he did so without consulting the volksraad, and Potgieter's party accused him of usurping power and aiming at domination over the whole country.

Popayan was founded by Sebastian Benalcazar in 1538 on the site of an Indian settlement, whose chief, Payan, had the unusual honour of having his name given to the usurping town.

The whole history of the country is in fact one gloomy record of internecine wars, barbaric deeds and unstable governments, of adventurers usurping thrones, only to be themselves unseated, and of raids, rapine and pillage.

Soon after that prince had firmly established his power as nominal guardian and protector of his nephew Gian Galeazzo but really as usurping ruler of the state, he revived a project previously mooted for the erection of an equestrian monument in honour of the founder of his house's greatness, Francesco Sforza, and consulted Lorenzo dei Medici on the choice of an artist.

The usurping successor of Hakam found it a politic step to request the most notable doctors of the sacred law to examine the royal library; and every book treating of philosophy, astronomy and other forbidden topics was condemned to the flames.

There was usurping of power by a new force from an older energy.

He was usurping any title that cannot legally be sold.

In agricultural areas, industrial tree plantations have undermined food security by usurping productive cropland and pastures.

One is the usurping of power by a new force from an older energy.

Now, for the first time, we see a program usurping the role of the human editor.

We must not take or be seen to take opportunities for usurping the function of the judge in the other Member State.

You are committing no crime whatsoever and you will not be usurping any title that cannot legally be sold.

When a new baby comes into the family, older children feel betrayed by their parents and may become angry, directing their anger first toward the parents and later toward the intruder who is usurping their position.

Martha and Quinn were readying for our restaurant dinner in their room and Betsy was upstairs usurping the single bathroom.

But Lauderdale had the skill to turn the cards on Middleton, accusing him of tricking both parliament and king, and of usurping royal prerogative.