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usurp
- IPA[juːˈzəːp]
英式
- v.
  
  take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force；take the place of (someone in a position of power) illegally; supplant
- verb: usurp, 3rd person present: usurps, gerund or present participle: usurping, past tense: usurped, past participle: usurped
- 釋義
v.
動詞
1. take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force Richard usurped the throne 同義詞 seize, take over, expropriate, take possession of, take, ... 更多appropriate, steal, wrest, arrogate, commandeer, annex, assume, lay claim to
▪ take the place of (someone in a position of power) illegally; supplant the Hanoverian dynasty had usurped the Stuarts 同義詞 oust, overthrow, remove, topple, unseat, ... 更多depose, dethrone, eject, dispel, succeed, come after, step into the shoes of, supplant, replace, informalfill someone's boots, crowd out, defenestrate, archaicdeprive
▪ encroach or infringe upon (someone's rights) the Church had usurped upon the domain of the state
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usurp
IPA[yo͞oˈsərp]
美式
v.
take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force: Richard usurped the throne
Oxford American Dictionary