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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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