usurp

usurp is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 10 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him.
2. intransitive verb. To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act as, a usurper.
3. verb. seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession

   "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"

   "he usurped my rights"

   Synonyms: arrogate, assume, seize

4. verb. take the place of

   "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke"

Synonyms

arrogate, assume, seize

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in usurp:

purus

Common word forms

usurps, usurped, usurper, usurping, usurpment, usurption

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