1. Entry to another's property without right or permission
   - trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion 
2. Wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority)
   "a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation"

Derived forms: usurpations

See also: usurp

Type of: actus reus, capture, gaining control, misconduct, seizure, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct

Encyclopedia: Usurpation

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• John Hemminge
• John Henry
• John Henry Newman
• John Henry O'Hara
• John Herschel
• John Herschel Glenn Jr.
• John Hope Franklin
• John Howard
• John Howard Northrop
• John Hoyer Updike
• John Huss
• John Huston
• John Irving
• John Jacob Astor
• John James Audubon
• John James Osborne
• John James Rickard Macleod
• John Jay
• John Joseph McGraw
• John Joseph Pershing
• John Keats
• John Keble
• John Kenneth Galbraith
• John Knox