usurp
/juːˈzɜːp/verb
with obj.
1- take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force篡夺（权位）：
Richard usurped the throne.
理查德篡夺了王位。
1.1
- take the place of (someone in a position of power) illegally非法取代（权位）。
1.2
- supplant取代：
the Hanoverian dynasty had usurped the Stuarts.
汉诺威王朝取代了斯图亚特王朝。
1.3
- no obj.
usurp on/upon
archaic encroach or infringe upon (someone's rights)侵害; 侵犯（权利）： the Church had usurped upon the domain of the state.
教会侵犯了国家的势力范围。
派生词
usurpation
nounusurper
noun词源
Middle English （in the sense 'appropriate (a right) wrongfully'）： from Old French usurper, from Latin usurpare 'seize for use'.