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Meaning of usurps

- 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 usurps

- Appropriate throne? 
- Seize
- Seize (power)
- seize or take power by force
- Seizes power by force
- Steal (power)
- Take (power) forcibly
- Take over
- Take over by force
- Take over position
- Take unjustly
- Seizes
- Seizes (power)
- Seizes (throne)
- Seizes wrongfully
- Takes (power) forcibly
- Takes over
- Takes unjustly