usurp.
To seize and hold or use (powers, an office, a coat of arms, a right or copyright, etc) from another, without right (usually by illegitimate means).
Meaning & usage
To seize and hold or use (powers, an office, a coat of arms, a right or copyright, etc) from another, without right (usually by illegitimate means).
To take the place of someone or something else; to supplant.
To make use of.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English usurpen, from Old French usurper, from Latin ūsūrpō.
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