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单词

usurp

释义

Verb: usurp yû'surp or yû'zurp

Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
"he usurped my rights"
- assume, seize, take over, arrogate
Take the place of
"gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke"

Derived forms: usurped, usurps, usurping

See also: usurpation, usurper

Type of: replace, supercede, supersede, supervene upon, supplant, take

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