- (v.t.) To seize, and hold in possession, by force or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him.
- (v.i.) To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions or the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be or act as, a usurper.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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