Word Meaning

Meaning of usurp

- 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.
- To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act as, a usurper.

Crossword clue for usurp

- Appropriate throne? 
- Commandeer
- Seize
- Seize (position of power)
- Seize (power)
- Seize control of America before top republic breaks up
- seize or take power by force
- Seize pursuit, bungled after it’s taken off
- Seizes power by force
- Steal (power)
- Take (power) forcibly
- Take over
- Take over and use up reportedly
- Take over by force
- Take over position
- Take unjustly