Associations to the word «Usurp»

Wiktionary

USURP, verb. To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
USURP, verb. To use and assume the coat of arms of another person.
USURP, verb. (obsolete) To make use of.

Dictionary definition

USURP, verb. Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "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".
USURP, verb. Take the place of; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley