Usurpation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌjuː.sə(ɹ)ˈpeɪ.ʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Usurpation is a noun meaning The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.
Meaning
The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.
More Meanings
- Trespass onto another's property without permission.
- A taking or use without right.
Example Sentences
Sent from the God's to ſet us free / From Bondage and from Uſurpation!
The third part of practice hath divers branches, but one principal root in these our times, which is the vast and overspreading ambition and usurpation of the see of Rome; […]
Word Forms
- usurpations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include expropriation, appropriation, confiscation, seizure, encroachment, misappropriation.
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