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Definitions for Usurp

[1] to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right: The pretender tried to usurp the throne.
[2] to use without authority or right; employ wrongfully: The magazine usurped copyrighted material.
[3] to commit forcible or illegal seizure of an office, power, etc.; encroach.
[4] to seize, take over, or appropriate (land, a throne, etc) without authority

Words related to Usurp

wrest, preempt, supplant, annex, commandeer, seize, assume, arrogate, swipe, displace, appropriate, take, grab, highjack, accroach

Words nearby Usurp

usufructuary, usumacinta, usumbura, usurer, usurious, usurp, usurpation, usury, usw, usward, ut

Origin of Usurp

1275–1325; Middle English < Latin ūsūrpāre to take possession through use, equivalent to ūsū (ablative of ūsus use (noun)) + -rp-, reduced form of -rip-, combining form of rapere to seize + -āre infinitive ending

Other words from Usurp

u·surp·er , noun
u·surp·ing·ly , adverb
non·u·surp·ing , adjective
non·u·surp·ing·ly , adverb
self-u·surp , verb (used without object)
un·u·surped , adjective
un·u·surp·ing , adjective

Word origin for Usurp

C14: from Old French usurper, from Latin ūsūrpāre to take into use, probably from ūsus use + rapere to seize

Synonyms for Usurp

annex, preempt, supplant, wrest, appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, displace, grab, highjack, seize, swipe, take, accroach, barge in, butt in, clap hands on, cut out, elbow in, get hands on, grab hold of, infringe upon, lay hold of, muscle in, squeeze in, work in, worm in