depose
Oust from power
To depose is to remove someone from a position of power, especially a ruler or official: The military deposed the president in a coup.
In legal contexts, to depose means to take testimony under oath outside of court: The lawyers deposed the witness for three hours.
A deposition is the resulting sworn statement.
Forcible removal from power
- usurpSeize without right
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
- abdicateFormally renounce authority
- toppleCause to fall
oust · regime · tyrant · coup · rebellion · revolution · succession · sovereignty
Sworn statement as evidence
- swornBound by formal promise
- affidavitSworn written statement
- witnessOne who attests
- statementExpressed claim or fact
cross-examination · perjury · subpoena · oath · evidence · allegation · interrogation · corroborate
Take something away
- dismissSend away or reject
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- displaceRemove from proper position
- dislodgeForce from position
expel · eject · evict · unseat · dispossess · demote · relegate · strip
Civil court proceeding
- litigationLegal dispute process
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- defendantParty facing charges
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
discovery · pleadings · injunction · verdict · adjudicate · jurisprudence · summons · arraignment
overthrow
Forcible removal from power
topple · oust · regime · tyrant · coup · rebellion · revolution · succession · sovereignty · dynasty
testimony
Sworn statement as evidence
statement · cross-examination · perjury · subpoena · oath · evidence · allegation · interrogation · corroborate · credibility
remove
Take something away
dislodge · expel · eject · evict · unseat · dispossess · demote · relegate · strip · defrock
lawsuit
Civil court proceeding
- litigationLegal dispute process
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- defendantParty facing charges
prosecution · discovery · pleadings · injunction · verdict · adjudicate · jurisprudence · summons · arraignment · notary
- takeovertakeover, take over, seize power, seizure, coup d'etat
- testimony wordstestify, attest, swear, vouch, affirm
- rejectionrejection, reject, denial, refuse, refusal
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
- coupscoup d'etat, overthrow, coup attempt, soft coup, failed coup
- security depositRefundable tenant payment upfront
- direct depositFunds sent to account automatically
- safe deposit boxRented secure bank compartment
- bank depositMoney entrusted to institution
- safety deposit boxSecured rental storage container
- deposit slipBank transaction document
deposit, deposition, depository, deposed, depositor, deposing, deposes, depositional, redeposit