usurp

Verb
  1. Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force;
    Take as one's right or possession (synset 202279327)
    "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"
    is a type of: take - take by force
    subtypes:
    • annex - take (territory) as if by conquest
    • appropriate, capture, conquer, seize - take possession of by force, as after an invasion
    • preoccupy - occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
    • hijack - seize control of
    • raid - take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock
    same as: arrogate, assume, seize, take over
  2. Take the place of (synset 202411417)
    "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke"
    is a type of: replace, supersede, supervene upon, supplant - take the place or move into the position of

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