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usurpation

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌjuː.sə(ɹ)ˈpeɪ.ʃən/ / /-zə(ɹ)ˈ-/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English usurpacioun, from Old French usurpacion, from Latin ūsurpātiō; equivalent to usurp + -ation.

  1. The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.

    The third part of practice hath divers branches, but one principal root in these our times, which is the vast and overspreading ambition and usurpation of the see of Rome; […]

    Sent from the God's to ſet us free / From Bondage and from Uſurpation!

  2. Trespass onto another's property without permission.
  3. A taking or use without right.