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    USURPER

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    One who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of anotherplay

    Synonyms:

    supplanter; usurper

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("usurper" is a kind of...):

    offender; wrongdoer (a person who transgresses moral or civil law)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "usurper"):

    claim jumper (one who illegally occupies property to which another has a legal claim)

    Derivation:

    usurp (seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession)

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