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usurpations

usurpations is the plural of usurpation.

Meaning of usurpation

Noun

usurpation (countable and uncountable, plural usurpations)

  1. 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...
  2. Trespass onto another's property without permission.
  3. A taking or use without right.

Questions about usurpations

What is usurpations the plural of?
Usurpations is the plural of usurpation.

Words near usurpations in the dictionary

  1. usurpability
  2. usurpable
  3. usurpant
  4. usurpation
  5. usurpationist
  6. usurpations
  7. usurpative
  8. usurpatively
  9. usurpator
  10. usurpators
  11. usurpatory

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