usurpar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- commandeer verb To seize property or people for military or official use, usually by force.
- encroach verb to seize, appropriate
- usurp verb To seize power, a position, or a right that belongs to someone else, without any legal right to it.
Senses
usurpar is used for these senses in English:
- commandeer (transitive, by extension) To take or use for some purpose (not necessarily arbitrarily or by force).
- encroach (intransitive) To intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory.
- take over To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.
- take over To annex a territory by conquest or invasion; to conquer.
- usurp To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
commandeer — full definition
- verb To seize property or people for military or official use, usually by force.
- verb To take over or take control of something without permission, not necessarily by force.
encroach — full definition
- verb to seize, appropriate
- verb To intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory.
- verb To advance gradually beyond due limits.