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What (who) is Usurp - definition
ILLEGITIMATE OR CONTROVERSIAL CLAIMANT TO STATE POWER
Usurpation; Usurp; Usuper; Usurped
usurp
[j?'z?:p, j?'s?:p]
¦ verb
1. take (a position of power) illegally or by force.
supplant (someone in power).
2. (usurp on/upon) archaic infringe on.
Derivatives
usurpation ?ju:z?'pe??(?)n, ?ju:s- noun
usurper noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. usurper, from L. usurpare 'seize for use'.
usurp
v. a.
Seize (without right), arrogate, assume, appropriate unlawfully.
Usurp
·vi To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act as, a usurper.
II. Usurp ·vt To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him.
Wikipedia
Usurper
A usurper is an illegitimate or controversial claimant to power, often but not always in a monarchy. In other words, one who takes the power of a country, city, or established region for oneself, without any formal or legal right to claim it as one's own. Usurpers can rise to power in a region by often unexpected physical force, as well as through political influence and deceit.
Examples of use of Usurp
1. There is one constant: others seek to usurp women‘s choices.
2. Above him, stifling tiers of authority usurp his powers.
3. "They‘re attempting to usurp the constitutional powers of the Venezuelan people," he told CNN.
4. Helping the coalition usurp presidential powers only triggered Yushchenko‘s order to dissolve the parliament.
5. Sondhi had accused Thaksin of attempting to usurp the king‘s privileges.