OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 11699

usurp

/juˈsɝp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
usurpar
To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
Most Republicans in Congress are complying as Mr. Trump usurps the power of the national legislature, as laid out in Article 1 of the Constitution.
[S]o he dies, But soon revives, Death over him no power Shall long usurp […]