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usurpation


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Usurpation  \U`sur*pa"tion\,  n.  [L.  usurpatio  ?  making  use 
  usurpation:  cf  F.  usurpation.] 
  1.  The  act  of  usurping,  or  of  seizing  and  enjoying;  an 
  authorized,  arbitrary  assumption  and  exercise  of  power, 
  especially  an  infringing  on  the  rights  of  others 
  specifically,  the  illegal  seizure  of  sovereign  power;  -- 
  commonly  used  with  of  also  used  with  on  or  upon  as  the 
  usurpation  of  a  throne;  the  usurpation  of  the  supreme 
  power. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  usurpation 
  n  :  seizing  and  holding  (an  office  or  powers)  by  force 




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