usurp|usurped|usurping|usurps in English
verb
[u·surp || juː'zɜrp /juː'zɜːp]
seize, take over, appropriate
Use "usurp|usurped|usurping|usurps" in a sentence
1. He usurped my rights.
2. That magazine usurped copyrighted material.
3. But I will never forgive you for usurping my earldom.
4. Streets, created by pedestrians, were usurped by motorists.
5. The duke attempted to usurp the throne.
6. Their position enabled them to usurp power.
7. He attempted to usurp the principal's authority.
8. Summary: Absalom attempts to usurp his father’s throne.
9. Little by little he usurped his boss's authority.
10. Royal clansmen and founding officials resented a woman usurping the throne
11. The king's bastard plotted to usurp the throne.
12. He had usurped powers that properly belonged to parliament.
13. According to these sources, then, Christendom’s Easter actually usurps the original anniversary of Jesus’ death.
14. Consequently, Ryholt proposes that Intef may have usurped the throne.
15. He did it in order to usurp the throne.
16. But many congressmen think it would usurp their responsibilities.
17. Did she usurp his place in his mother's heart?
18. Their greatest goal is to usurp power from the Fangs.
19. In so doing they do not usurp the legislative function.
20. He accused Congress of trying usurp the authority of the President.
21. He intervened probably with the ambition to usurp Antipater's power.
22. He thus concludes that Nebnuni may have usurped the throne.
23. The judges, critics say, have usurped the role of parliament.
24. 16 The vice - president is trying to usurp the president's authority.
25. Critics say such councils usurp the power of elected municipal governments.