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Another word for usurp

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Verb

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

    See also:

    give

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Another word for usurp

Verb
  1. See also:

    seize

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Sentence Examples

  • This decision will usurp the powers of the commitee.

  • It will usurp authority over the man, but not cause him to be in silence.

  • There was a much better time when she did not know he planned to usurp her, and the memory comforted her.

  • Adherents flocked to him, and for a whole year Murad was engaged in suppressing his attempts to usurp the throne.

  • (2) In strictness, an expert will not be allowed, in cases of alleged insanity, to say that a litigating or incriminated party is insane or the reverse, and so to usurp the prerogative of the court or jury.

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