0 to take control of a position of power, especially without having the right to: --
Local control is being usurped by central government.
1 to take power or control of something by force or without the right to do so: --
Some senators fear the organization will usurp congressional power.
The objects and operations, while constituting a kind of ontology in their own right, do not usurp the role of an agent's domain ontology.
Geographical mapping could not usurp systems of governance and indirect rule.
A generation later, when a new leadership and often a new regime have usurped the leadership role?
During transit, the carrier was permitted to usurp the owner's property rights by exercising dominion and control over the goods being shipped.
He frequently usurped the powers of the commander, to whom he felt superior, especially if the latter was a non-party person.
Because money has only representational value, she argues, it is easily disposed of and can only be substituted for rather than usurp gold's "real" value.
The size of his plantation increased from 200 to 3,000 acres, in particular by usurping the property of local people.
One informant knowledgeable in tribal matters told me his uncle had usurped the office from him.
