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Monday, November 17
usurp v.

Definition: 1. to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right. 2. to use without authority or right. 3. to commit forcible or illegal seizure of an office, power, etc.; encroach.

Synonyms: take, capture


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