Usurp

/juːˈzɜːrp/ verb

To take a position of power or importance illegally or by force. It often refers to seizing a throne, office, or role that belongs to someone else.

From Old French 'usurper', from Latin 'ūsūrpāre' meaning 'to seize for use', originally 'to take into use'. Over time it came to mean taking something you have no right to.

AMመያዝ
ARاستيلاء
BNঅধিগ্রহণ
CAusurpar
CSusurpovat
DAusurpere
DEanmaßlich handeln
ELαποσπασμός
ESusurpar
FAتصرف غیرقانونی
FIusurpoida
FRusurper
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