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usurpation |
2 definitions found 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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