usurped

verb

Definition of usurpednext
past tense of usurp
as in seized
to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right the mayor usurped the school board's authority when he fired the principal

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for usurped
  1. seized
  2. confiscated
  3. grabbed
  4. occupied
  5. appropriated
Verb
  • The Justice Department seized 41 of the web domains, according to the FBI affidavit, and also granted Microsoft control of 66 additional domains the company said were part of the same operation.
    Kevin Collier, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Hamas continues to hold dozens of hostages seized on October 7th and has not released the bodies of 39 more who are believed to have died in captivity.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of seized
Verb
  • The bulk of bitcoin owned by the United States was confiscated from illicit actors.
    Sam Lyman, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
  • However, the best option is to avoid having the item confiscated in the first place.
    Harrison Pierce, Travel + Leisure, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of confiscated
Verb
  • And then Sol turned to me and grabbed my hand.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • That formal change in Russia’s nuclear doctrine — which had previously envisioned a nuclear response only in the event of an existential threat to Russia — grabbed headlines and stirred a fresh round of debate in Western capitals.
    Simon Shuster, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of grabbed
Verb
  • There are only 325 spaces for RVs in city lots and as of early 2024, 95% were occupied, according to a legislative analysis.
    Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
  • But the forging of the rings and the relationship between those two ought to have been the focus of the first season, while their schism and ultimate war could have occupied this season.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of occupied
Verb
  • The first big hero of the moment was the beer-swilling, leather-wearing, foulmouthed Stone Cold Steve Austin, who appropriated a famous Bible verse for his own purposes.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The funding allocated by Congress for the migrant care grant program is a fraction of the money appropriated for FEMA's disaster relief efforts.
    Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of appropriated
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