0 present 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.
The miners' officials are usurping the power of other trade unions.
I believe that they are usurping the role of the courts in deciding a case without proper presentation of the evidence.
Is the agency usurping the role of the courts?
One may be excused for saying that this is not eroding the powers of the boroughs: that this is usurping the powers of the boroughs.
Governments, usurping the functions of a higher power, have sought to temper the wind to the lambs that were shorn by themselves supporting the debtors.
There is no question of usurping the principle of treating each case on its merits or removing local authority discretion.
To my mind, the magistrates were there usurping the functions of the sheriff.
Nobody can say what is "usurping the functions of the police," and nobody can say what is a procession.
