With the heirless king going crazy and royal family poisoned, the general of the army finally had his chance to usurp the throne.
Source: tatoeba (1942)
Usurp
//juˈsɝp//
Synonyms for "usurp" (71 found)
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Related words (35)
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6 entriesderived
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7 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 39 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- اِسْتَحْوَذَ verb (seize power)
- اِسْتَوْلَى verb (seize power)
- اِغْتَصَبَ verb (seize power)
- اِنْتَزَعَ verb (seize power)
Belarusian
1 entries- узурпі́раваць verb (seize power)
Bulgarian
3 entries- загра́бвам verb (seize power)
- присвоя́вам си verb (seize power)
- узурпи́рам verb (seize power)
Catalan
1 entries- usurpar verb (seize power)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- زەوت کردن verb (seize power)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 篡奪 /篡夺 verb (seize power)
Czech
2 entries- uchvátit verb (seize power)
- uzurpovat verb (seize power)
Dutch
2 entries- usurperen verb (seize power)
- zich toe-eigenen verb (seize power)
Esperanto
2 entries- akapari verb (seize power)
- uzurpi verb (seize power)
Finnish
2 entries- anastaa valta verb (seize power)
- kaapata verb (seize power)
French
1 entries- usurper verb (seize power)
Galician
1 entries- usurpar verb (seize power)
German
1 entries- usurpieren verb (seize power)
Greek
1 entries- σφετερίζομαι verb (seize power)
Hungarian
1 entries- bitorol verb (seize power)
Icelandic
3 entries- hrifsa völd verb (seize power)
- ræna völdum verb (seize power)
- taka yfir verb (seize power)
Ido
1 entries- uzurpar verb (seize power)
Irish
1 entries- forghabh verb (seize power)
Italian
1 entries- usurpare verb (seize power)
Japanese
1 entries- 簒奪する verb (seize power)
Korean
1 entries- 찬탈하다 verb (seize power)
Latin
1 entries- ūsūrpō verb (seize power)
Macedonian
1 entries- узурпи́ра verb (seize power)
Māori
1 entries- kōwhaki mana verb (seize power)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- usurpere verb (seize power)
Occitan
1 entries- usurpar verb (seize power)
Old English
1 entries- āgnettan verb (seize power)
Polish
1 entries- uzurpować verb (seize power)
Portuguese
1 entries- usurpar verb (seize power)
Romanian
2 entries- răpi verb (seize power)
- uzurpa verb (seize power)
Russian
3 entries- присва́ивать себе́ verb (seize power)
- присво́ить себе́ verb (seize power)
- узурпи́ровать verb (seize power)
Slovak
1 entries- uzurpovať verb (seize power)
Slovene
1 entries- uzurpirati verb (seize power)
Spanish
1 entries- usurpar verb (seize power)
Swedish
4 entries- bemäktiga sig verb (seize power)
- inkräkta på verb (seize power)
- tillskansa sig verb (seize power)
- usurpera verb (seize power)
Telugu
1 entries- అన్యాయముగా ఆక్రమించుకొను verb (seize power)
Turkish
1 entries- gasbetmek verb (seize power)
Ukrainian
1 entries- узурпува́ти verb (seize power)
Yiddish
1 entries- אוזורפּירן verb (seize power)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
I want to usurp the throne.
Source: tatoeba (2607758)
I didn't mean to usurp anybody.
Source: tatoeba (3729757)
I know that my young gallant will wonderfully usurp the grace, voice, bearing, and mannerisms of a high-born lady.
Source: tatoeba (13307640)
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