usurpation
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usurpation
- /ˌjuː.sə(ɹ)ˈpeɪ.ʃən/
- /-zə(ɹ)ˈ-/
Where it comes from
From Middle English usurpacioun, from Old French usurpacion, from Latin ūsurpātiō; equivalent to usurp + -ation.
noun usurpations
- The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority. 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; […]
- Trespass onto another's property without permission.
- A taking or use without right.
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noun wrongful seizure
| Español | usurpación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 찬탈 chantal |
| 日本語 | 簒奪 sandatsu |
| 中文 | 篡位 cuànwèi |
| हिन्दी | अपहरण apahraṇ |
| Português | usurpação |
| Français | usurpation |
| Deutsch | Usurpation, Anmaßung, widerrechtliche Inbesitznahme |
| Italiano | usurpazione |
| Ελληνικά | αντιποίηση antipoíisi |
| Română | uzurpație, uzurpare |
| Русский | узурпа́ция uzurpácija |
| العربية | غَصْب ḡaṣb |
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