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US
/ˌjusɝˈpeɪʃən/
]
[ UK /juːzˈɜːpˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /juːzˈɜːpˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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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 - entry to another's property without right or permission
How To Use usurpation In A Sentence
- Maybe y’all at the NY Times could cover the McCain usurpation of executive authority from a sitting U.S. President. — McCain Slams Obama on National Security - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
- The dominance often leads to a usurpation of the political power officially vested in government.
- Chiang Kai-shek who is trying to usurp the fruits of victory of the War of Resistance and ourselves who oppose his usurpation.
- Impeachment for wrongdoing of lesser gravity involves a legislative usurpation of a power belonging only to the people (the power to choose and "depose Submission By Counsel For President Clinton To The Committee
- I would argue that judicial usurpation is no commitment atall. The Volokh Conspiracy » The Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause and Life Without Parole for Under-18 (Nonhomicide) Offenders
- Rape is the most serious of crimes, whether it is a man raping a woman or invading armies raping the homeland or the usurpation of rights.
- President of the United States had not acted sincerely in this matter; that his usurpation was a clear one, and that he was to be censured for that usurpation. History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States
- This is another massive usurpation of local control of public schools, draped in the faux fabric of federal accountability.
- King William, independent of Leisler, and on the 26th of October, before the arrival of the packet from Lord Nottingham, they formed themselves into a convention to resist what they called the usurpation of Leisler. The Witch of Salem or Credulity Run Mad
- This is coercion, an usurpation of personal autonomy, and deeply destructive of human freedom.
