usurps
Takes throne wrongfully
Usurps means seizes power, position, or rights without legal authority.
A general usurps the throne by coup.
The word implies illegitimate takeover of what belongs to another: The vice president usurped the president's authority while she was hospitalized.
Extended uses describe anything that inappropriately displaces something else: Work had usurped every other part of his life.
Ceremonial chair for sovereigns
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
- dictatorRuler with total control
- tyrantCruel, absolute ruler
- powerEnergy transfer rate
overthrow · seize · depose · regime · monarch · ruler · crown · sovereignty
Justified claims to freedoms
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
jurisdiction · territory · domain · wrongful · unlawful · illegitimate · fraudulent · contested
Replaces by force
- replacesTakes the place of
- displacesRemoves from usual place
- stealsTakes illegally, or bargains
- underminesWeakens by stealth
encroaches · infringes · appropriates · commandeers · rivals · jealousy · betrayal · sibling
throne
Ceremonial chair for sovereigns
power · overthrow · seize · depose · regime · monarch · ruler · crown · sovereignty · autocrat
rights
Justified claims to freedoms
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
inheritance · jurisdiction · territory · domain · wrongful · unlawful · illegitimate · fraudulent · contested · dispossession
supplants
Replaces by force
undermines · encroaches · infringes · appropriates · commandeers · rivals · jealousy · betrayal · sibling · inheritance
position
Location or stance
- rolePosition or part
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- leadershipAbility to direct others
chairman · director · control · office · title · mandate · command · supremacy · appointment · hierarchy
usurpsrelinquishes
Voluntarily gives up control
surrenders · abdicates · cedes · yields · renounces