usurpation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French usurpacion, from Latin ūsurpātiō.

Noun

usurpation (countable and uncountable, plural usurpations)

1. The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.
2. Trespass onto another's property without permission.
3. A taking or use without right.

Related terms

• usurp
• usurper

Translations

wrongful seizure

• Dutch: verovering (nl), overweldiging, wederrechtelijke inbezitneming, bezitsaanmatiging, toeeigening,, usurpatie (nl) f
• French: usurpation (fr) f
• Galician: usurpación (gl) f
• Greek: σφετερισμός (el) m (sfeterismós)
• Icelandic: valdarán n
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• Irish: anlathas m
• Latin: usurpatio f
• Russian: узурпа́ция (ru) f (uzurpácija)
• Spanish: usurpación f
• Tagalog: paggaga, angka

Further reading

• “usurpation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Pronunciation

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Noun

usurpation f (plural usurpations)

1. usurpation (wrongful seizure)
2. that which is usurped.

Further reading

• “usurpation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.