Usurp

глагол узурпировать, незаконно захватывать Синоним(ы): appropriate, arrogate, confiscate, pre-empt Антоним(ы): relinquish

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Usurp

глагол политология узурпировать; захватить власть, присвоить право Например: Henry IV usurped the throne from Richard II. — Генрих IV узурпировал трон, по праву принадлежавший Ричарду II. The councils complained that the new Education Bill would usurp their powers. — Муниципальные советы выразили опасения, что новый законопроект об образовании узурпирует их полномочия.

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Usurp

verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French usorper, from Latin usurpare to take possession of without legal claim, from usually (ablative of usus use) + rapere to seize — more at rapid transitive verb 1. a. to seize and hold (as office, place, or powers) in possession by force or without right Example: usurp a throne b. to take or make use of without right Example: usurped the rights to her life story 2. to take the place of by or as if by force; supplant Example: must not let stock responses based on inherited prejudice usurp careful judgment intransitive verb to seize or exercise authority or possession wrongfully • usurpation nounusurper noun

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