usurp | Definition of usurp

Synonyms and Antonyms of usurp

to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right

the mayor usurped the school board's authority when he fired the principal

Synonyms of usurp

appropriate, arrogate, commandeer, convert, expropriate, pirate, preempt, press, seize, take over

Words Related to usurp

annex, attach, claim, confiscate, impound, repossess, sequester

assume, collar, grab, grasp, snatch, steal, wrench, wrest

despoil, loot, pillage

encroach, infringe, invade, occupy, preoccupy, trespass

embezzle, misapply, misappropriate, misuse, peculate