Synonyms of usurped

usurped

verb

past tense of usurp

as in seized

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

• seized
• confiscated
• grabbed
• stole
• occupied
• converted
• claimed
• appropriated
• commandeered
• arrogated
• invaded
• assumed
• preempted
• annexed
• expropriated
• pirated
• snatched
• took over
• pressed
• looted
• attached
• encroached
• impounded
• repossessed
• despoiled
• grasped
• sequestered
• pillaged
• wrested
• wrenched
• misused
• infringed
• preoccupied
• trespassed
• embezzled
• misappropriated
• misapplied
• collared
• peculated