usurpation

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Thân thiện

The general's usurpation of the throne plunged the kingdom into turmoil.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Wrongful seizure and holding of an office or powers by force: The act of taking and holding a position of authority, especially a throne or supreme power, without legal right.
   • Entry to another's property without right or permission: The act of wrongfully using or occupying property that belongs to someone else.

Examples of Usage

• Wrongful seizure of authority:
  • The king's reign began with the usurpation of his brother's throne.
  • The general was accused of usurpation after he dissolved the elected parliament.
• Wrongful use of property:
  • The landowner sued his neighbor for the usurpation of a strip of his property.
  • The unauthorized occupation of the building was an act of usurpation.

Advanced Usage

• "By usurpation": Indicating that a position or status was acquired through the act of usurping.
  • He held power not by election but by usurpation.
• "Usurpation of rights": The wrongful taking or infringement of someone's legal or moral rights.
  • The new law was criticized as a usurpation of individual freedoms.

Variants and Related Words

• Usurp (verb): To seize and hold (a position, power, etc.) by force or without legal right.
  • The rebel leader sought to usurp the crown.
• Usurper (noun): A person who usurps a position, office, or power.
  • The usurper ruled the kingdom for a decade before being overthrown.

Synonyms

• Seizure: The act of taking something by force.
• Encroachment: Intrusion on a person's territory, rights, etc.
• Appropriation: The act of taking something for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission.

Related Phrases

• "Usurpation of authority/power": The specific act of wrongfully seizing control.
  • The coup was a blatant usurpation of state authority.
• "Usurpation of title": The wrongful claim to a title or name that belongs to another.
  • The historian wrote about the usurpation of the royal title by a distant cousin.

Học thuật

Noun

1. 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
2. entry to another's property without right or permission

Từ đồng nghĩa

• trespass
• encroachment
• violation
• intrusion