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Usurp

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to take over; to seize or use something without authority

assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate(verb)

seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession

"He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"

usurp(verb)

take the place of

"gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke"

to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right

the mayor usurped the school board's authority when he fired the principal

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