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Usurpation

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Noun

1. encroachment, intrusion, trespass, usurpation, violation

entry to another's property without right or permission

2. usurpation

wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority)

Example Sentences:
'a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Usurpation

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noun
the act of usurping; esp., the unlawful or violent seizure of a throne, power, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Usurpation

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n.
1. The act of usurping, especially the wrongful seizure of royal sovereignty.
2. A wrongful seizure or exercise of authority or privilege belonging to another; an encroachment: "in our own day, gross usurpations upon the liberty of private life" (John Stuart Mill).

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