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Usurpation Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Usurpation has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

entry to another's property without right or permission

2

wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority)

"a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation"

3

The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
wrongdoing capture
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
inroad
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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