0 past simple and past participle of usurp
1 to take control of a position of power, especially without having the right to:
Local control is being usurped by central government.
Such arrangements, enacted without the customary familial negotiations, usurped the privileges of parents and their ability to protect their family lineage, stability, and honour.
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.
If rights were usurped, as the critics had predicted, it would provide them pretense for a political comeback.
European states usurped church bells for dynastic celebrations, military victories and national festivals.
One informant knowledgeable in tribal matters told me his uncle had usurped the office from him.
He frequently usurped the powers of the commander, to whom he felt superior, especially if the latter was a non-party person.
A generation later, when a new leadership and often a new regime have usurped the leadership role?
