Usurpation /(?)/
U·sur·pa·tion
Usurpation
n.
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The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power.
He contrived their destruction, with the usurpation of the regal dignity upon him.
A law [of a State] which is a usurpation upon the general government.
Manifest usurpation on the rights of other States.
- Use; usage; custom. [Obs.]