v02274482
| type | v |
| lex_filenum | 40 |
| def | seize and take control without authority and possibly with force |
| def | take as one's right or possession |
| examples | He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town he usurped my rights She seized control of the throne after her husband died |
| Frame - 8 | Somebody ----s something |
| Outgoing links | |
| Hypernym | take |
| Derivationally related form | arrogate → arrogation |
| Derivationally related form | arrogate → arrogator |
| Derivationally related form | take over → takeover |
| Derivationally related form | usurp → usurpation; usurp → usurper |
| Derivationally related form | assume → assumption |
| Hyponym | annex; appropriate, capture, seize, conquer; preoccupy; hijack; raid |
| Incoming links | |
| Derivationally related form | assumption → assume |
| Derivationally related form | usurpation → usurp; usurper → usurp |
| Derivationally related form | arrogation → arrogate |
| Derivationally related form | takeover → take over |
| Derivationally related form | arrogator → arrogate |
| Hyponym | take |
| Hypernym | annex; appropriate, capture, seize, conquer; preoccupy; hijack; raid |
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