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USURPATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority)
Example:
a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("usurpation" is a kind of...):
capture; gaining control; seizure (the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property)
Derivation:
usurp (seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Entry to another's property without right or permission
Synonyms:
encroachment; intrusion; trespass; usurpation; violation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("usurpation" is a kind of...):
actus reus; misconduct; wrongdoing; wrongful conduct (activity that transgresses moral or civil law)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "usurpation"):
inroad (an encroachment or intrusion)
