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be usurped

verb

To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.

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We've allowed our religion to be usurped by the extremists.

It will not want to be usurped by the Wikos of the world.

I don't want my creativity to be usurped under some spirit of "social good".

"I hope the reality of the situation will not be usurped by emotions".

New Zealand, for their part, know they can be usurped at the top this autumn.

In several events competitors have ridden faster at the Games only to be usurped by Britain.

Soon to be usurped by checking one's Apple Watch over dinner.

We have an official identity that can be usurped by the state".

This, from the Ohio politician, will never be usurped in the rant department.

And last week we learned that ITN is to be usurped by Sky as the supplier of Five's news.

Being extreme didn't mean as much, and you could easily be usurped by something newer, something more individual".

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