usurper
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A usurper is an illegitimate or controversial claimant to power, often but not always in a monarchy. In other words, one who takes the power of a country, city, or established region for oneself, without any formal or legal right to claim it as one's own. Usurpers can rise to power in a region by often unexpected physical force such as via a coup d'état, as well as through political influence and deceit.
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- Instance of
- occupation
- Subclass of
- ruler
- Occupation
- usurpation
- Field of occupation
- usurpation
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- Pietro Tradonico
- male form of label
- usurpador
- partially coincident with
- pretender
- topic's main category
- Category:Usurpers
- female form of label
- usurpadora
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A usurper is an illegitimate or controversial claimant to power, often but not always in a monarchy. In other words, one who takes the power of a country, city, or established region for oneself, without any formal or legal right to claim it as one's own. Usurpers can rise to power in a region by often unexpected physical force such as via a coup d'état, as well as through political influence and deceit.
==Etymology==
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