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usurpation 音標拼音: [j ,usɚp'eʃən] n. 篡奪,霸占,奪取 篡奪,霸佔,奪取 usurpation n 1: entry to another' s property without right or permission [ synonym: { trespass}, { encroachment}, { violation}, { intrusion}, { usurpation}] 2: wrongfully seizing and holding ( an office or powers) by force ( especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority); " a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation" Usurpation \ U` sur* pa" tion\, n. [ L. usurpatio ? making use, usurpation: cf. F. usurpation.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power. [ 1913 Webster] [ 1913 Webster] He contrived their destruction, with the usurpation of the regal dignity upon him. -- Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster] A law [ of a State] which is a usurpation upon the general government. -- O. Ellsworth. [ 1913 Webster] Manifest usurpation on the rights of other States. -- D. Webster. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Usurpation, in a peculiar sense, formerly denoted the absolute ouster and dispossession of the patron of a church, by a stranger presenting a clerk to a vacant benefice, who us thereupon admitted and instituted. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Use; usage; custom. [ Obs.] -- Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster] 43 Moby Thesaurus words for " usurpation": accession, adoption, anointing, anointment, appointment, appropriation, arrogation, assignment, assumption, authorization, colonization, conquest, consecration, coronation, delegation, deputation, election, empowerment, encroachment, enslavement, incursion, indent, infraction, infringement, inroad, intrusion, invasion, legitimate succession, occupation, overstepping, playing God, preemption, preoccupation, prepossession, requisition, seizure, subjugation, succession, takeover, taking over, transgression, trespass, trespassing
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