usurpation

[yoo-ser-pey-shuh n, -zer-]

an act of usurping; wrongful or illegal encroachment, infringement, or seizure.

illegal seizure and occupation of a throne.

Origin of usurpation

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ūsūrpātiōn- (stem of ūsūrpātiō), equivalent to ūsūrpāt(us) (past participle of ūsūrpāre to usurp) + -iōn- -ion

Related formsu·sur·pa·tive

[yoo-sur-puh-tiv, ‐zur‐] /yuˈsɜr pə tɪv, ‐ˈzɜr‐/, u·sur·pa·to·ry

[yoo-sur-puh-tawr-ee, ‐tohr-ee, ‐zur‐] /yuˈsɜr pəˌtɔr i, ‐ˌtoʊr i, ‐ˈzɜr‐/, adjective

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Your consent alone can give the least validity to these usurpations.
Robert Toombs
Pleasant A. Stovall
Such are some of the usurpations and aggressions of the Slave Power.
Charles Sumner; His Complete Works, Volume III (of 20)
Charles Sumner
The usurpations and acts of the rebels were considered not legal acts, but nullities.
The Galaxy
Various
Their only crime was opposition to the “usurpations of the Papal Schism.”
Milton's England
Lucia Ames Mead
All usurpations, not born of war, have been caused and supported by labor.
What is Property?
P. J. Proudhon

Word Origin and History for usurpations

late 14c., from Old French usurpacion, from Latin usurpationem (nominative usurpatio), noun of action from usurpare (see usurp).