Uk English Meaning of usurp
usurp
Other Uk English words related to usurp
- confiscate
- convert
- grab
- occupy
- seize
- steal
- annex
- appropriate
- arrogant
- assume Assume
- Claim
- commandeer
- expropriate
- pirate
- pre-empt
- snatch
- take over
- attach
- collar
- despoil
- Embezzle
- encroach
- Grasp
- impound
- (infringe)
- loot
- misapply
- misappropriate
- misuse
- pillage
- preoccupy
- press
- repossess
- sequester
- trespass
- wrench
- wrestle
Nearest Words of usurp
Definitions and Meaning of usurp in English
usurp (v)
seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
take the place of
usurp (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.
usurp (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.
FAQs About the word usurp
usurp
seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession, take the place ofTo seize, and hold in possession, by force
confiscate,convert,grab,occupy,seize,steal,annex,appropriate,arrogant,assume Assume
No antonyms found.
usuriously => usuriously, usurious => usurious, usuring => usury, usurer => Usurer, usured => usurious,
