• n.
    ⦿wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority)
    lexical concept
  • a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechnoun
ontolex:lexicalized senseenl:usurpation
wn:interlingual indexili:i35854

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:labelusurpation