usurpation
/ˌjuː.sə(ɹ)ˈpeɪ.ʃən/
usurpation noun: the wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.
Noun
usurpation (countable and uncountable, plural usurpations)
- The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.
- The third part of practice hath divers branches, but one principal root in these our times, which is the vast and overspreading ambition and usurpation of the see of Rome; […]a. 1627 (date written), Francis Bacon, chapter VII, in James Spedding, editor, The Works of Francis Bacon, […]: The Letters and the Life of Francis Bacon […], volume IV, London: Longmans, Green...
- Sent from the God's to ſet us free / From Bondage and from Uſurpation!1685, John Dryden, Albion and Albanius, published 1691, Act I, scene i, page 10
- Trespass onto another's property without permission.
- A taking or use without right.
usurpation meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Telugu and Kannada
usurpation in Hindi
- wrongful seizure
- अपहरण apahraṇ
usurpation in Urdu
- wrongful seizure
- غَصْب ġasb
usurpation in Telugu
- usurpation, occupying, seizing
- ఆక్రమణము ākramaṇamu
usurpation in Kannada
- ಅನ್ಯಾಯದ ಆಕ್ರಮಣ, ದುರಾಕ್ರಮಣ
More languagesFewer languages
- usurpation in Tagalog
- paggaga, angka
- usurpation in Arabic
- غَصْب ḡaṣb
- usurpation in Persian
- غَصب ġasb
Forms of usurpation
| plural | usurpations |
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Origin of usurpation
From Middle English usurpacioun, from Old French usurpacion, from Latin ūsurpātiō; equivalent to usurp + -ation.
Questions about usurpation
- What does usurpation mean?
- Usurpation means the wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.
- What is usurpation in Hindi?
- Usurpation in Hindi is अपहरण (apahraṇ). See Usurpation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is usurpation?
- Usurpation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce usurpation?
- Usurpation is pronounced /ˌjuː.sə(ɹ)ˈpeɪ.ʃən/.
- What is the plural of usurpation?
- The plural of usurpation is usurpations.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: usurpation (page history and authors); ఆక్రమణము (Telugu) (page history and authors); usurpation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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