What is the meaning of usurp?

verb

  • Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession.
    • usage: "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"
  • Take the place of.
    • usage: "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke"
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