usurpation
Use Usurpation in a sentence
sərˈpeɪ noun
1.
an act of usurping; wrongful or illegal encroachment, infringement, or seizure.
2.
illegal seizure and occupation of a throne.
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Usurpation
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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usurp (juːˈzɜːp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| to seize, take over, or appropriate (land, a throne, etc) without authority | |
| [C14: from Old French usurper, from Latin ūsūrpāre to take into use, probably from ūsus use + rapere to seize] | |
| usur'pation | |
| —n | |
| u'surpative | |
| —adj | |
| u'surpatory | |
| —adj | |
| u'surper | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Our fathers resisted, not the king's prerogative, but the king's usurpation.
The arguments of legislative usurpation and violation of the separation of powers are meritless.
But they were not long able to maintain this unjust usurpation.
They never depart an iota from the authentic formulas of tyranny and usurpation.
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