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Another word for usurp

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usurp

v.

assume, appropriate, expropriate, commandeer, lay hold of; see also seize 2.

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Another word for usurp

verb

To lay claim to for oneself or as one's right:

appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, preempt, seize, take. See give

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The new law is usurping the function of the judge.
It will usurp authority over the man, but not cause him to be in silence.
The files were usurped by other device home directories.
Will this cause the demand to be usurped by the market and by information technology?
Davis rescued her career with her greatest ever performance as Margo Channing, and the fading actress was gradually usurped by the conniving Eve.

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