What does the word usurp mean?
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USURPER.
Part of speech: noun
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Usage examples for usurp
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Of similar interest to me is a turn in an old Massachusetts road, over which, boy and man, I have traveled hundreds of times; one of those delightful back- roads, half road and half lane, where the grass grows between the horse- track and the wheel- track, while bushes usurp what ought to be the sidewalk. – Birds in the Bush by Bradford Torrey
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Sulla was appointed in proper form, though he did in fact usurp the power, and under the title of dictator was more than king. – Plutarch's Lives, Volume II by Aubrey Stewart & George Long
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Not unfrequently has the ceremony been performed in the presence, but not within the understanding, of the wondering natives; and on this formality is grounded a claim to usurp the actual possession, in preference to other Europeans. – History of the Buccaneers of America by James Burney