0 to take (another person’s power, position etc) without the right to do so -- uchvátit; přisvojit si
Their subordinates' self-imposed suppression of the urge to usurp power would serve them well.
This occurrence complicates the analysis of species-specific behaviors because the behavior patterns of large and dominant matrilines can usurp a group's behavioral repertoire.
Of course, it had not: jobbers had scarcely usurped the managerial hierarchy and displaced the owners.
The usual flow of reading is usurped by typological objects, like hurdles on a racetrack or weirs in a river.
When such actions and policies usurp the decisions of others and limit liberty without a sound evidentiary base, significant ethical boundaries are crossed.
European states usurped church bells for dynastic celebrations, military victories and national festivals.
Creoles were interested in taking over them because they could exploit the indigenous sector, usurp community lands and demand unpaid labour.
One informant knowledgeable in tribal matters told me his uncle had usurped the office from him.