Usurp synonyms

yo͝o-sûrp', -zûrp'

seize (related)

To focus the attention or intellect on:

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To receive or adopt.

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To set aside for a specific use or certain person

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To force into military service.

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accroach

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

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To seize; catch; apprehend.

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To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.

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relinquish (antonym)

To accept to give up, withdraw etc.

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surrender (antonym)

To give oneself up to another's power or control, esp. as a prisoner

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Of government: forcibly to divest another of a property interest, as by eminent domain.

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To gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially to settle on (public land) so as to obtain the right to buy before others.

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To obtain or remove by pulling with twisting movements:

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give in (antonym)

(Of a pugilist) to droop the head

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give (related)

(May take two objects) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).

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(Idiomatic) To appropriate something without permission.

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monopolise (related)

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To ascribe on behalf of another in an unwarranted manner:

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(Intransitive) To habituate to or gain competency at a task.

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abdicate (related)

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dethrone (related)

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supplant (related)

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subjugate (related)

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emasculate (related)

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cede (related)

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Find another word for usurp. In this page you can discover 24 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for usurp, like: seize, assume, appropriate, commandeer, accroach, lay-hold-of, steal, relinquish, surrender, expropriate and preempt.