society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > take office [verb (transitive)] > take office wrongfully (3)
To take upon oneself; to undertake without adequate authority or permission. transitive. With infinitive as object: to be so presumptuous as; to…
esp. To intrude forcibly, illegally, or without just cause into (some dignified or important office, position, etc.); to assume or arrogate to…
transitive. = usurp, v. 1b.