Word Meaning

usurp definition and meaning

v. t. To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him.
v. i. To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act as, a usurper.

Crossword clues for usurp

- Appropriate throne? 
- Seize
- Seize (power)
- seize or take power by force
- Seizes power by force
- Steal (power)
- Take (power) forcibly
- Take over
- Take over by force
- Take over position
- Take unjustly