Usually means: Takes power or position unlawfully.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. usurps: Merriam-Webster
  2. usurps: Collins English Dictionary
  3. usurps: Vocabulary.com
  4. Usurps, usurps: Wordnik
  5. usurps: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. usurps: Wiktionary
  7. usurps: Dictionary.com
  8. usurps: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. usurps: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. usurps: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. usurps: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (usurp)

verb:  To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
verb:  To use and assume the coat of arms of another person.
verb:  To take the place rightfully belonging to someone or something else.
verb:  (obsolete) To make use of.
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