usurp

About 0.51 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To seize and hold or use (powers, an office, a coat of arms, a right or copyright, etc) from another, without right (usually by illegitimate means).
2. verb To take the place of someone or something else; to supplant.
3. verb To make use of.

Similar words

arrogate take over assume encroach expropriate steal rob hijack deprive evict

Often followed by

the his a power their authority its and that it

Word family

usurpation usurpations usurped usurping usurps