Synonyms of usurping

usurping

verb

present participle of usurp

as in seizing

to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right

the mayor usurped the school board's authority when he fired the principal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seizing
• stealing
• confiscating
• grabbing
• occupying
• claiming
• converting
• appropriating
• arrogating
• preempting
• commandeering
• invading
• annexing
• expropriating
• assuming
• snatching
• pirating
• taking over
• pressing
• attaching
• looting
• encroaching
• repossessing
• grasping
• impounding
• sequestering
• despoiling
• pillaging
• infringing
• misusing
• wresting
• trespassing
• misappropriating
• collaring
• misapplying
• embezzling
• wrenching
• preoccupying
• peculating