usurpation

(yū'sər-pā'shən, -zər-)
n.

1. The act of usurping, especially the wrongful seizure of royal sovereignty.
2. A wrongful seizure or exercise of authority or privilege belonging to another; an encroachment: "in our own day, gross usurpations upon the liberty of private life" (John Stuart Mill).

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noun

The act of taking something for oneself: appropriation, arrogation, assumption, preemption, seizure. See give/take/reciprocity.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

The illegal encroachment or assumption of the use of authority, power, or property properly belonging to another; the interruption or disturbance of an individual in his or her right or possession.

The term usurpation is also used in reference to the unlawful assumption or seizure of sovereign power, in derogation of the constitution and rights of the proper ruler.

For a list of words related to usurpation, see:

• Intrigues, Plots, and Corruption - usurpation: taking of another’s office without right

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tronraner, usurpator

Français (French)
n. - usurpateur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Usurpator

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σφετεριστής

Italiano (Italian)
usurpatore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - usurpador (m)

Русский (Russian)
узурпатор

Español (Spanish)
n. - usurpador

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - usurpator, troninkräktare, inkräktare, den som tillskansar sig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
篡夺者, 夺取者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 篡奪者, 奪取者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 침범자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 強奪者

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תופס שלטון ללא חוק, חמסן‬

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