Dictionary

usurpation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /-zə(ɹ)ˈ-/
• /ˌjuː.sə(ɹ)ˈpeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English usurpacioun, from Old French usurpacion, from Latin ūsurpātiō; equivalent to usurp + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.
   • The third part of practice hath divers branches, but one principal root in these our times, which is the vast and overspreading ambition and usurpation of the see of Rome; […] a. 1627 (date written), Francis Bacon, chapter VII, in James Spedding, editor, The Works of Francis Bacon, […]: The Letters and the Life of Francis Bacon […], volume IV, London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, published 1858, →OCLC, page 270:
   • Sent from the God's to ſet us free / From Bondage and from Uſurpation! 1685, John Dryden, Albion and Albanius, published 1691, Act I, scene i, page 10:
2. (countable, uncountable) Trespass onto another's property without permission.
3. (countable, uncountable) A taking or use without right.

Forms

Relateds

usurper · usurp

Translations (61)

sv usurpation (wrongful seizure) · bg присвоя́ване (wrongful seizure) · lt uzurpacija (wrongful seizure) · ur غَصْب (wrongful seizure) · de Usurpation (wrongful seizure) · tr gasp (wrongful seizure) · pl uzurpacja (wrongful seizure) · az qəsb (wrongful seizure) · nl toeeigening (wrongful seizure) · fi kaappaus (wrongful seizure) · fr usurpation (wrongful seizure) · nb usurpasjon (wrongful seizure) · el αντιποίηση (wrongful seizure) · hy յուրացում (wrongful seizure) · sk uzurpácia (wrongful seizure) · tl paggaga (wrongful seizure) · be узурпа́цыя (wrongful seizure) · ar غَصْب (wrongful seizure) · nl verovering (wrongful seizure) · mk узурпација (wrongful seizure) · hu bitorlás (wrongful seizure) · nl wederrechtelijke inbezitneming (wrongful seizure) · pt usurpação (wrongful seizure) · da usurpering (wrongful seizure) · fa غَصب (wrongful seizure) · uk узурпа́ція (wrongful seizure) · nl bezitsaanmatiging (wrongful seizure) · bg узурпа́ция (wrongful seizure) · it usurpazione (wrongful seizure) · ka უზურპაცია (wrongful seizure) · sh uzurpácija (wrongful seizure) · ca usurpació (wrongful seizure) · is valdarán (wrongful seizure) · cs uzurpace (wrongful seizure) · de widerrechtliche Inbesitznahme (wrongful seizure) · la usurpatio (wrongful seizure) · sh узурпа́ција (wrongful seizure) · ja 簒奪 (wrongful seizure) · tg ғасб (wrongful seizure) · sl uzurpacija (wrongful seizure) · et usurpeerimine (wrongful seizure) · cmn 篡位 (wrongful seizure) · tl angka (wrongful seizure) · ru узурпа́ция (wrongful seizure) · ro uzurpare (wrongful seizure) · ko 찬탈 (wrongful seizure) · gl usurpación (wrongful seizure) · hy ուզուրպացիա (wrongful seizure) · yi אוזורפּירונג (wrongful seizure) · nl overweldiging (wrongful seizure) · nl usurpatie (wrongful seizure) · bg загра́бване (wrongful seizure) · fi anastus (wrongful seizure) · hi अपहरण (wrongful seizure) · da usurpation (wrongful seizure) · ro uzurpație (wrongful seizure) · es usurpación (wrongful seizure) · lv uzurpācija (wrongful seizure) · ga anlathas (wrongful seizure) · oc usurpacion (wrongful seizure) · de Anmaßung (wrongful seizure)