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usurpation
Synonyms and Antonyms of usurpation
the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority
annexation, assumption, attachment, confiscation, grab, impoundment, repossession, sequestration
defalcation, embezzlement, misapplication, misappropriation, misuse, peculation, theft
despoilment, looting, pillaging
encroachment, infringement, piracy
invasion, occupancy, occupation, preoccupancy, trespass
deforcement, disfurnishment, dispossession, ejection, stripping
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