Word of the Day - January 08, 2025
USURP
- seize or exercise authority or possession wrongfully
- take or make use of without right usurped the rights to her life story
- take the place of by or as if by force supplant must not let stock responses based on inherited prejudice usurp careful judgment
- can also mean to take the place of by or as if by force.
- to seize (a position, power, etc.) by force or without legal right
- to seize and hold (as office, place, or powers) in possession by force or without right usurp a throne
- to seize and hold office, place, functions, powers, etc.
- to seize and hold without legal authority [v USURPED, USURPING, USURPS]
