Definition of Usurp

Verb: usurp  yoo'zurp or yû'zurp or yû'surp

  1. Take control of (without authority and possibly with force); take as one's right or possession
    "he usurped my rights";
    - assume, seize, take over, arrogate
     
  2. Take the place of
    "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke"

See also:
usuriousnesses
usurpation

Anagrams containing the word usurp

ursup pusur rpusu urpus surpu