Usurp

Verb

 * 1) To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
 * 2) To use and assume the coat of arms of another person.

Adverbs for Usurp
treacherously; violently; murderously; dictatorially; tyrannically; illegally; sternly; vigorously; politically; arbitrarily.

Thesaurus
accroach, adopt, advance upon, appropriate, arrogate, assume, assume command, break bounds, colonize, commandeer, conquer, cut out, displace, encroach, enslave, go too far, hog, indent, infringe, intrude, invade, irrupt, jump a claim, know no bounds, make an inroad, make free with, make use of, monopolize, mount the throne, occupy, overrun, overstep, overstep the bounds, play God, preempt, preoccupy, prepossess, pretend to, requisition, seize, seize power, seize the throne, sit on, squat on, subjugate, take all of, take charge, take command, take it all, take over, take possession of, take the helm, take the lead, take up, transgress, trespass

Etymology
From French usurper < Latin ūsūrpāre

Translations

 * Dutch: zich toeëigenen
 * Esperanto:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Icelandic: hrifsa völd, taka yfir, ræna völdum
 * Kurdish: زه‌وت کردن


 * Latin:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: uzurpować
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: uzurpa, răpi
 * Spanish:

Related terms

 * usurpation
 * usurper