|
- pronunciation:
- yu
suhrp
[or]
yu
zuhrp
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
usurps, usurping, usurped |
definition: |
to take and hold (a right, position, office, or the like) illegally, wrongfully, or by force.
While the king was away from the capital, his scheming brother usurped the throne.She felt her ex-husband's new wife was trying to usurp her authority over her children.- synonyms:
- appropriate, expropriate
- similar words:
- annex, arrogate, capture, commandeer, condemn, grab, lay claim to, preempt, seize, supplant, take, wrest
|
related words: |
annex, arrogate, condemn, grab, ravish, seize, take |
contrasting words: |
abdicate |
|
|
|
part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition 1: |
to seize a right, position, or the like forcibly, illegally, or wrongfully.
- similar words:
- encroach, expropriate, infringe, trespass
|
definition 2: |
to wrongfully use or take over another's property, authority, or the like.
- similar words:
- encroach, interlope, pirate, take, trespass
|
|
derivations: |
usurpingly (adv.), usurper (n.) |
|
|