| usurp | take possession of without permission or take with force, as after a conquest or invasion |
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| usurp | seize and take control without authority and possibly with force |
| usurp | take the place of |
| usurp | wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority) |
| usurp | entry to another's property without right or permission |
| usurp | (used especially of the rights of another) seized and held by force |
| usurp | one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another |