Новый большой англо-русский словарь - usurp
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usurp
1. узурпировать, незаконно захватывать (власть и т. п.) 2. редк. посягать (на что-л.) to usurp (up)on smb.'s rights —- посягать на чьи-л. права
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1.
v. узурпировать, незаконно захватывать Syn: appropriate, arrogate, confiscate, pre-empt Ant: relinquish ...Англо-русский словарь
2.
v. 1 tr. seize or assume (a throne or power etc.) wrongfully. 2 intr. (foll. by on, upon) encroach. Derivatives usurpation n. usurper n. Etymology: ME f. OF usurper f. L usurpare seize for use ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French usorper, from Latin ~are to take possession of without legal claim, from usually (ablative of usus use) + rapere to seize — more at rapid Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to seize and hold (as office, place, or powers) in possession by force or without right ~ a throne b. to take or make use of without right ~ed the rights to her life story 2. to take the place of by or as if by force ; supplant must not let stock responses based on inherited prejudice ~ careful judgment intransitive verb to seize or exercise authority or possession wrongfully • ~ation noun • ~er noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
4.
(usurps, usurping, usurped) If you say that someone usurps a job, role, title, or position, they take it from someone when they have no right to do this. (FORMAL) Did she usurp his place in his mother’s heart?... VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ v formal to take someone else's power, position, job etc when you do not have the right to (his deep jealousy at the thought of another man usurping his role as father) - usurper n - usurpation n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 14c., from O.Fr. usurper, from L. usurpare "make use of, sieze for use," from usus "a use" + rapere "to sieze." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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