usurp
verb (used with object)
to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right.
has usurped
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present perfectof usurp (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Raya joined the Gunners on loan from Brentford in the summer and has usurped Ramsdale from the number one spot.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2023
His prescriptions and interventions become increasingly invasive and odd until it becomes clear to the employees that he has usurped control and no one is coming to stop him.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2023
That has usurped the monthly jobs report as Wall Street's most-watched economic indicator, he said.
From Reuters ● Jan. 17, 2023
Critics say the change has usurped parents' right to make medical decisions for their children and has punished people who lack easy and affordable access to health care.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2022
Although plumbago has usurped the name of Black Lead, there is another substance more properly entitled to this appellation, and which may be used in the same way, and with like effects as a pigment.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
