Sentence examples for usurp from inspiring English sources
The word "usurp" is correct and usable in written English. It means to seize and hold power without authority or without legal right. For example, "The enemy forces had usurped control of the city.".
It is proposing that a minister be given powers that usurp the role of the courts.
By "orange card" I mean the Conservative party's past use of unionist votes in parliament, or in the case of the home rule crisis, the threat of unionism's potential military muscle, to cling to national power and/or usurp their domestic British opponents.
"Ministers cannot usurp judicial powers … What they are proposing runs counter to basic and fundamental principles of the rule of law and the separation of powers.
There is no honour in resigning from a party a few months from a general election, and resigning also as MP specifically so as to trigger a byelection as the only way to usurp the long-standing Ukip member and properly selected candidate from his status.
Similar battles have happened before, most notably in the "browser wars" of the mid-1990s, wheNetscapepe's Navigator tried to usurp a dominant platform, Microsoft's Windows operating system.
Bloated budget deficits, high inflation, stagnant growth and rampant corruption were the hallmarks of incompetent bureaucrats trying to usurp the market.
"They were concerned that the Sony PlayStation was going to usurp what Microsoft sees as the PC's rightful place as the home hub, the gateway to the outside world".
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