usurp

v., -surped, -surp·ing, -surps.

v.tr.

1. To seize and hold (the power or rights of another, for example) by force or without legal authority. See synonyms at appropriate.
2. To take over or occupy without right: usurp a neighbor's land.
3. To take the place of (another) without legal authority; supplant.

v.intr.

To seize another's place, authority, or possession wrongfully.

[Middle English usurpen, from Old French usurper, from Latin ūsūrpāre, to take into use, usurp.]

usurper u·surp'er n.
usurpingly u·surp'ing·ly adv.

verb

To lay claim to for oneself or as one's right: appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, preempt, seize, take. See give/take/reciprocity.

v

Definition: take over
Antonyms: give in, relinquish, surrender

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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
  Synonyms: assume, seize, take over, arrogate

Meaning #2: take the place of

Meaning #3: take possession of without permission or take with force, as after a conquest or invasion
  Synonyms: appropriate, capture, seize, conquer, take over

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - opsluge, tilrane sig, usurpere, bemægtige sig
v. intr. - opslugt, bemægtiget

Nederlands (Dutch)
zich toe-eigenen

Français (French)
v. tr. - usurper
v. intr. - s'approprier

Deutsch (German)
v. - widerrechtlich aneignen, usurpieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - σφετερίζομαι, ιδιοποιούμαι, αρπάζω

Italiano (Italian)
appropriarsi di, usurpare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - usurpar

Русский (Russian)
узурпировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - usurpar, apropiarse, arrebatar, arrogarse
v. intr. - desposeer, cometer usurpación

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - tillskansa sig, bemäktiga sig, tillvålla sig, usurpera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
篡夺, 夺取, 做霸占行为, 侵占

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 篡奪, 奪取, 做霸佔行為
v. intr. - 篡奪, 侵佔

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 빼앗다, 횡령하다
v. intr. - 침해하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 奪う, 強奪する, 不法行使する, 侵害する, 横領する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) اغتصب ( السلطه)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮תפס (שלטון) שלא כחוק, נטל בכוח הזרוע, חמס‬
v. intr. - ‮הסיג גבול, פלש‬

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