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Pronunciation:
[ juːzˈɜːp], [ juːzˈɜːp], [ j_uː_z_ˈɜː_p]
Usurp is a word used to describe the act of seizing power, rights, or possessions unlawfully. There are a variety of synonyms that can be used to describe this action, including "seize," "take over," "usurpation," "appropriate," "commandeer," "annex," "confiscate," "occupy," and "hijack." Each of these words denotes the idea of taking something that does not rightfully belong to the individual in question. Regardless of the specific synonym used, usurping is an action that is generally frowned upon and is seen as a violation of authority and/or property rights.
Related words: subversive, usurped, seize power, seize control, seize the throne, subvert, subverted, take power
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Similar words for usurp:
- capture (noun)
- appropriate (verb)
- arrogate (verb)
- assume (verb)
- borrow (verb)
- confiscate (verb)
- cut out (verb)
- displace (verb)
- encroach (verb)
- seize (verb)
- social (verb)
- supersede (verb)
- supplant (verb)
- take (verb)
- wrest (verb)
Synonyms for Usurp:
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v.
• appropriate- gat fingers on ,
- gat hands on ,
- gets fingers on ,
- gets hands on ,
- getting fingers on ,
- getting hands on ,
- glom to ,
- glommed on to ,
- glommed to ,
- glomming on to ,
- glomming to ,
- gloms on to ,
- gloms to ,
- got fingers on ,
- got hands on ,
- gotten fingers on ,
- gotten hands on ,
- grabbed hold of ,
- grabbing hold of ,
- grabs hold of ,
- mis appropriate ,
- mis appropriated ,
- mis appropriates ,
- mis appropriating ,
- mis-appropriate ,
- mis-appropriated ,
- mis-appropriates ,
- mis-appropriating ,
- moonlighted requisition ,
- moonlighting requisition ,
- moonlights requisition ,
- takes over ,
- took over .
- clapped hands on ,
- clapping hands on ,
- claps hands on ,
- glommed onto ,
- glomming onto ,
- gloms onto ,
- kiped ,
- kipes ,
- kiping .
- made one own ,
- made one's own ,
- made ones own ,
- made own ,
- make one own ,
- make ones own ,
- make own ,
- makes one own ,
- makes one's own ,
- makes ones own ,
- makes own ,
- making one own ,
- making one's own ,
- making ones own ,
- making own .
- confisticated ,
- confisticates ,
- confisticating ,
- possessed oneself of ,
- possesses of ,
- possesses oneself of ,
- possessing of ,
- possessing oneself of .
- de ported ,
- de porting ,
- de pose ,
- de posed ,
- de posing ,
- de throne ,
- de throned ,
- de thrones ,
- de throning ,
- de-ported ,
- de-porting ,
- de-pose ,
- de-posed ,
- de-posing ,
- de-throne ,
- de-throned ,
- de-thrones ,
- de-throning ,
- dis card ,
- dis carded ,
- dis carding ,
- dis cards ,
- dis charge ,
- dis charged ,
- dis charges ,
- dis charging ,
- dis crown ,
- dis crowned ,
- dis crowning ,
- dis crowns ,
- dis enthrone ,
- dis enthroned ,
- dis enthrones ,
- dis enthroning ,
- dis missed ,
- dis missing ,
- dis place ,
- dis placed ,
- dis places ,
- dis placing ,
- dis throne ,
- dis throned ,
- dis thrones ,
- dis throning ,
- dis-card ,
- dis-carded ,
- dis-carding ,
- dis-cards ,
- dis-charge ,
- dis-charged ,
- dis-charges ,
- dis-charging ,
- dis-crown ,
- dis-crowned ,
- dis-crowning ,
- dis-crowns ,
- dis-enthrone ,
- dis-enthroned ,
- dis-enthrones ,
- dis-enthroning ,
- dis-missed ,
- dis-missing ,
- dis-place ,
- dis-placed ,
- dis-places ,
- dis-placing ,
- dis-throne ,
- dis-throned ,
- dis-thrones ,
- dis-throning ,
- discrowns ,
- disenthroned ,
- disenthrones ,
- disenthroning ,
- disthroned ,
- disthrones ,
- disthroning ,
- ex patriate ,
- ex patriated ,
- ex patriates ,
- ex patriating ,
- ex-patriate ,
- ex-patriated ,
- ex-patriates ,
- ex-patriating ,
- re legate ,
- re legates ,
- re move ,
- re moved ,
- re moving ,
- re place ,
- re placed ,
- re places ,
- re placing ,
- re-legate ,
- re-legates ,
- re-move ,
- re-moves ,
- re-moving ,
- re-place ,
- re-placed ,
- re-places ,
- re-placing ,
- step in to shoes of ,
- stepped in to shoes of ,
- stepped into shoes of ,
- stepping in to shoes of ,
- stepping into shoes of ,
- steps in to shoes of ,
- steps into shoes of ,
- takes place of ,
- takes the place of ,
- taking place of ,
- taking the place of ,
- took place of ,
- took the place of ,
- trans ported ,
- un crown ,
- un crowned ,
- un crowning ,
- un crowns ,
- un made ,
- un make ,
- un makes ,
- un making ,
- un-crown ,
- un-crowned ,
- un-crowning ,
- un-crowns ,
- un-made ,
- un-make ,
- un-makes ,
- un-making ,
- uncrowns .
- elbowed in ,
- elbowing in ,
- elbows in ,
- in fringe ,
- in fringed ,
- in fringes ,
- in fringing ,
- in-fringe ,
- in-fringed ,
- in-fringes ,
- in-fringing ,
- inter fere ,
- inter feres ,
- inter pose ,
- inter posed ,
- inter posing ,
- inter-fere ,
- inter-feres ,
- inter-pose ,
- inter-posed ,
- inter-posing ,
- made inroads ,
- makes inroads ,
- making inroads ,
- muscled in ,
- muscles in ,
- muscling in ,
- over stepped ,
- over stepping ,
- over steps ,
- over-stepped ,
- over-stepping ,
- over-steps ,
- puts two cents in ,
- putting two cents in ,
- squeezed in ,
- squeezes in ,
- squeezing in ,
- stick nose in to ,
- sticked nose in to ,
- sticked nose into ,
- sticking nose in to ,
- sticking nose into ,
- sticks nose in to ,
- sticks nose into ,
- stuck nose in to ,
- stuck nose into ,
- working in ,
- works in ,
- wormed in ,
- worming in ,
- worms in ,
- wrought in .
- carries off ,
- carrying off ,
- ex act ,
- ex acting ,
- ex acts ,
- ex-act ,
- ex-acted ,
- ex-acting ,
- in corporate ,
- in corporates ,
- in-corporate ,
- in-corporates ,
- over come ,
- over comes ,
- over coming ,
- over powered ,
- over powering ,
- over powers ,
- over running ,
- over runs ,
- over whelm ,
- over whelmed ,
- over whelming ,
- over whelms ,
- over-comes ,
- over-coming ,
- over-power ,
- over-powered ,
- over-powering ,
- over-whelm ,
- over-whelmed ,
- over-whelming ,
- over-whelms ,
- spirited away ,
- spiriting away ,
- spirits away ,
- sub due ,
- sub dues ,
- sub-due ,
- sub-dues ,
- takes by storm ,
- takes possession of ,
- taking possession of ,
- took by storm ,
- took captive ,
- took possession of .
- de sert ,
- de-sert ,
- out mode ,
- out modes ,
- out place ,
- out placed ,
- out places ,
- out placing ,
- out-mode ,
- out-modes ,
- out-place ,
- out-placed ,
- out-places ,
- out-placing ,
- outmodes ,
- outmoding ,
- outplaced ,
- outplaces ,
- outplacing ,
- over ruled ,
- over rules ,
- over ruling ,
- over-rule ,
- over-ruled ,
- over-rules ,
- over-ruling ,
- sets aside .
- casts out ,
- forced out ,
- fronted for ,
- fronting for ,
- fronts for ,
- over throw ,
- over throwing ,
- over thrown ,
- over throws ,
- over-throw ,
- over-throwing ,
- over-thrown ,
- over-throws ,
- rang in ,
- ringed in ,
- ringing in ,
- rings in ,
- sate in ,
- sits in ,
- sitting in ,
- swapped places with ,
- swapping places with ,
- swaps places with ,
- un seat ,
- un seated ,
- un seating ,
- un-seat ,
- un-seated ,
- un-seating ,
- under mined ,
- under mining ,
- under-mined ,
- under-mining .
Other synonyms:
- change ,
- give way ,
- make way (for) ,
- renew ,
- replace ,
- substitute ,
- succeed ,
- swap .
Other relevant words:
- Copped ,
- Discrown ,
- Discrowned ,
- Discrowning ,
- Disenthrone ,
- Disthrone ,
- Exsect ,
- Extracting ,
- Kipe ,
- Uncrown ,
- arrogate ,
- assume ,
- borrow ,
- carried off ,
- carry off ,
- cast out ,
- casting out ,
- clap hands on ,
- commandeer ,
- confiscate ,
- confisticate ,
- conscripted ,
- conscripting ,
- copping ,
- cut out ,
- displace ,
- embezzle ,
- encroach ,
- exsected ,
- filch ,
- force out ,
- forces out ,
- forcing out ,
- front for ,
- get fingers on ,
- get hands on ,
- give up ,
- glom on to ,
- glom onto ,
- grab hold of ,
- moonlight requisition ,
- outmode ,
- outplace ,
- over-run ,
- over-runs ,
- possess of ,
- possess oneself of ,
- possessed of ,
- preempt ,
- refrain from ,
- ring in ,
- sat in ,
- seize ,
- setting aside ,
- sit in ,
- spirit away ,
- stand in ,
- standing in ,
- stands in ,
- step into shoes of ,
- stood in ,
- supersede ,
- supplant ,
- swap places with ,
- take by storm ,
- take captive ,
- take over ,
- take place of ,
- take possession of ,
- take the place of ,
- takes captive ,
- taking by storm ,
- taking captive ,
- taking out ,
- taking over ,
- took out ,
- uncrowned ,
- uncrowning ,
- unmake ,
- unmakes ,
- unmaking ,
- usurped ,
- wrest .
- Trenched ,
- Trenching ,
- elbow in ,
- infringe ,
- interpose ,
- intervenes ,
- make inroads ,
- muscle in ,
- overstep ,
- put two cents in ,
- squeeze in ,
- stick nose into ,
- work in ,
- worked in ,
- worm in .
- Impropriate ,
- absorb ,
- accept ,
- add ,
- adhere ,
- admit ,
- adopt ,
- advance ,
- advance upon ,
- affect ,
- allocate ,
- append ,
- apply ,
- arbitrarily ,
- ascribe ,
- assign ,
- assume command ,
- attach ,
- autocrat ,
- barge in ,
- barley ,
- bear ,
- boost ,
- boss ,
- break bounds ,
- bully ,
- burglar ,
- buy out ,
- buy up ,
- captain ,
- carry ,
- chief ,
- chieftain ,
- claim ,
- clandestine ,
- climate ,
- clime ,
- clutch ,
- coerce ,
- colonize ,
- conductor ,
- conquer ,
- conspicuous ,
- convert ,
- copy ,
- covert ,
- deal hardly with ,
- despoil ,
- despot ,
- despotically ,
- dictator ,
- director ,
- displume ,
- dissemble ,
- distinguished ,
- distrain ,
- divest ,
- do over ,
- do violence to ,
- domineer ,
- don ,
- drain ,
- draw off ,
- dry ,
- due ,
- eject ,
- eminent ,
- enslave ,
- exact ,
- excellent ,
- exceptional ,
- exhaust ,
- famous ,
- feign ,
- fleece ,
- get hold of ,
- get into ,
- give no quarter ,
- go too far ,
- great ,
- guide ,
- gut ,
- head ,
- heap ,
- help ,
- highjack ,
- hog ,
- hold ,
- horn in ,
- imitate ,
- impoverish ,
- indent ,
- inflict ,
- infringe upon ,
- intrude ,
- invade ,
- irrupt ,
- jump a claim ,
- know no bounds ,
- lay claim ,
- leader ,
- lift ,
- major ,
- make away with ,
- make off with ,
- make use of ,
- mausoleum ,
- mimic ,
- mound ,
- mount ,
- mountain ,
- nick ,
- notable ,
- noteworthy ,
- obsolete ,
- obtain ,
- occupy ,
- oppress ,
- oppressor ,
- oust ,
- outstanding ,
- overpower ,
- override ,
- overrun ,
- pilfer ,
- pillage ,
- pinch ,
- possess ,
- postulate ,
- pre-empt ,
- prehend ,
- preoccupy ,
- prepossess ,
- presume ,
- pretend ,
- private ,
- prominent ,
- promiscuously ,
- put on ,
- randomly ,
- receive ,
- recite ,
- reiterate ,
- relieve ,
- remarkable ,
- repeat ,
- requisition ,
- ride roughshod over ,
- rob ,
- robber ,
- secret ,
- secure ,
- sepulchre ,
- sequester ,
- sequestrate ,
- sham ,
- shear ,
- simulate ,
- sit on ,
- snatch ,
- sneaky ,
- stealthy ,
- strike ,
- strip ,
- subjugate ,
- surreptitious ,
- swallow up ,
- swipe ,
- take charge ,
- take command ,
- take control ,
- take for granted ,
- take it all ,
- take on ,
- take the helm ,
- take the lead ,
- thief ,
- tomb ,
- trample under foot ,
- trample upon ,
- transgress ,
- tread under foot ,
- trench on ,
- trespass ,
- tyrannize ,
- tyrant ,
- unauthorised ,
- unilateral ,
- unpaid ,
- usurpation ,
- usurps ,
- vault ,
- violate ,
- wear ,
- wreak .
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How to use "Usurp" in context?
When someone unlawfully assumes the authority of another person or entity, they are said to have usurped that authority. This can occur in a number of ways, such as when someone assumes an office without proper authority, when someone gains access to data or information they are not authorized to have, or when someone coerces or intimidates others into doing things they don't want to do. In each of these cases, the usurper has taken control of something that does not belong to them, and this can have serious consequences.
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