Usually means: Take power or position unlawfully.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word usurp:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. usurp: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. usurp: Merriam-Webster
  3. usurp: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. usurp: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. usurp: Collins English Dictionary
  6. usurp: Vocabulary.com
  7. Usurp, usurp: Wordnik
  8. usurp: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. usurp: Wiktionary
  10. usurp: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. usurp: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. usurp: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. usurp: Dictionary.com
  14. usurp: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. usurp: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Usurp: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Usurp: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. usurp: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. usurp: Rhymezone
  20. usurp: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. usurp: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. usurp: FreeDictionary.org
  23. usurp: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. usurp: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. usurp: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. usurp: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. usurp: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. USURP: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. usurp: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See usurpation as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
verb:  To use and assume the coat of arms of another person.
verb:  To take the place rightfully belonging to someone or something else.
verb:  (obsolete) To make use of.

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