亚洲网紅露点

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usurp

[ yoo-surp, -zurp ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right:

    The pretender tried to usurp the throne.

  2. to use without authority or right; employ wrongfully:

    The magazine usurped copyrighted material.



verb (used without object)

  1. to commit forcible or illegal seizure of an office, power, etc.; encroach.

usurp

/ 箩耻藧藞锄蓽藧辫 /

verb

  1. to seize, take over, or appropriate (land, a throne, etc) without authority
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藢耻蝉耻谤藞辫补迟颈辞苍, noun
  • 耻藞蝉耻谤辫别谤, noun
  • 耻藞蝉耻谤辫补迟颈惫别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 耻路蝉耻谤辫路别谤 noun
  • 耻路蝉耻谤辫路颈苍驳路濒测 adverb
  • 苍辞苍路耻路蝉耻谤辫路颈苍驳 adjective
  • non路耻路蝉耻谤辫路颈苍驳路濒测 adverb
  • 蝉别濒蹿-耻路蝉耻谤辫 verb (used without object)
  • 耻苍路耻路蝉耻谤辫路颈苍驳 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of usurp1

First recorded in 1275鈥1325; Middle English, from Latin 奴蝉奴谤辫腻谤别 鈥渢o take possession through use,鈥 equivalent to 奴蝉奴 (ablative of 奴蝉耻蝉 鈥渁ct of using, employment鈥 ( use ) + -rp-, reduced form of -rip-, combining form of rapere 鈥渢o seize鈥 + -腻谤别 infinitive ending
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of usurp1

C14: from Old French usurper, from Latin 奴蝉奴谤辫腻谤别 to take into use, probably from 奴蝉耻蝉 use + rapere to seize
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In the U.S. two-party system, it has swallowed one of the two existing parties, usurping the role of conservatism and exploiting traditional party loyalties.

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With the decline of unions and so many other forms of civic life, media organizations have filled the void and have even usurped some of the traditional duties political parties once played鈥.

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Tom Welsh was drafted in from the Loughborough Academy as a short-term hire for Indian Wells, only for Vladimir Platenik to usurp him by arriving in California for a hastily arranged trial.

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Trump has called for the judge to be impeached, and accused him of trying to usurp the presidency.

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Wilson added that she isn鈥檛 intimidated by the 鈥減athetic man-child鈥 and the massive amount of power he鈥檚 usurped both as the world鈥檚 richest man and a close advisor to Trump.

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