usurp
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source: In response to the assertion of "George RR Martin writing the Lion King" : gifs
verb with object
take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force:
｟かたく｠ 〈権力･地位など〉を不法に奪う, 強奪する; 〈土地など〉を不法に占有する
e.g. Richard usurped the throne.
take the place of (someone in a position of power) illegally; supplant:
e.g. the Hanoverian dynasty had usurped the Stuarts.
no object (usurp on/upon) archaic encroach or infringe upon (someone's rights):
e.g. the Church had usurped upon the domain of the state.
DERIVATIVES
usurpation |ˌyo͞osərˈpāSH(ə)n, yo͞ozərˈpāSH(ə)n| noun
ORIGIN
Middle English (in the sense ‘appropriate a right wrongfully’): from Old French usurper, from Latin usurpare ‘seize for use’.