usurp

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. seize and take control without authority and possibly with force;
take as one's right or possession (Freq. 2)
- He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town
- he usurped my rights
- She seized control of the throne after her husband died
• Syn:
assume, seize, take over, arrogate
• Derivationally related forms:
arrogation (for: arrogate), arrogator (for: arrogate), takeover (for: take over), usurpation, usurper, assumption (for: assume)
• Hypernyms:
take
• Hyponyms:
annex, appropriate, capture, seize, conquer,
preoccupy, hijack, raid
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. take the place of
- gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke
• Hypernyms:
supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  assume, seize, take over, arrogate