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usurp
Verbusurp has 2 senses
assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate - seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "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" --1is one way totake