usurp
- vt. 篡夺；夺取；侵占
- vi. 篡夺；篡权
英英释意
- 1. seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession;
- "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"
- "he usurped my rights"
- "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"
- 2. take the place of;
- "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terorist act broke"