Word "USURP" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
Synonyms:
arrogate, assume, seize, take over
Examples:
he usurped my rights

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
take the place of
Examples:
gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke

Crossword Clues for USURP

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Clue Source Date
Seize, as power Universal 28 Aug 2025
Seize (power) by force Puzzler Backwords 19 Aug 2025
Take forcibly Wall Street Journal 13 Aug 2025
Take over The Telegraph Plusword 25 Jul 2025
Seize (power) wrongfully (5)
Forcefully seize power (5)
Unscrupulously supplant The Times Concise 12 Jul 2025
Take (power) by force (5) Puzzler 10 Jul 2025
Puts out rap regularly to seize power (5) Puzzler Cryptic 07 Jul 2025
Seize, take over or appropriate (5)
USP used around ancient city as appropriate
Seize by force Thomas Joseph 28 Jun 2025
Take over firm downsized in a spell of prosperity (5)
Unjustly assume
Leaders of Uganda should use red pepper to seize power (5) Puzzler Cryptic 22 Jun 2025
Take illegally or by force (5)
Appropriate university Prudence's backed (5)
Commandeer The Times Sunday Concise 25 May 2025
You encroach on us and you are pitiless to begin with
Wrongfully seize control of (5)
Assume in pretence (5)
Seize control of Newsday 20 Apr 2025
Make like Claudius in "Hamlet"
It could be appropriate without authority (5)
Seize power at university, holding on in France (5)
Illegitimately seize (power) (5) The Guardian Quick 05 Apr 2025
Seize by force Thomas Joseph 05 Apr 2025
Start pursuing recklessly to seize (5)
Seize (power) by force Puzzler Backwords 22 Mar 2025
Seize power in Cyprus uprising (5)
Take over forcibly USA Today 01 Mar 2025
Exhorbitant interest (5)
Seize unlawfully (5) The Guardian Quick 13 Jan 2025
Wrongly take possession of (5) Puzzler 07 Jan 2025
Seize part of Paraparaumu surprisingly (5)
Seize by force Thomas Joseph 26 Dec 2024
Assume (authority) (5)
Second in use, reportedly - regular trip is appropriate (5)
Seize by force New York Times Mini 08 Dec 2024
Take control unjustly (5)
Wrongfully assume right (5)
Forcefully supplant New York Times 26 Nov 2024
Take over central, busy church, quietly
Seize without permission
Take by force Wall Street Journal 30 Oct 2024
Take wrongfully
Have no right to take over authority like this (5)
Seize power from menu, surprisingly! (5)
Unjustly seize power USA Today 12 Oct 2024
Seize power by force The Telegraph Plusword 10 Oct 2024
Seize without authority (5) Puzzler 09 Oct 2024
Seize a position of power by force (5)
Commandeer Puzzler Backwords 01 Oct 2024
Seize illegally Premier Sunday 29 Sep 2024
Rex splits us up to seize control
Take over an endless wild pursuit
Illegally seize New York Times 17 Sep 2024
Assume (authority) by force (5)
Assume (power) wrongfully (5) The Sun Mini 09 Sep 2024
Muscle in on
American heads of unions require power to take over (5)
Stage a hostile takeover of New York Times 11 Aug 2024
Seize by force Thomas Joseph 22 Jul 2024
Seize (power) by force Puzzler Backwords 13 Jul 2024
Take over without authority (5)
Take over unconstitutionally (5) Puzzler 28 Jun 2024
One has no right to take things so (5)
Take power unlawfully
Take by force USA Today 13 Jun 2024
Forcibly seize American Wyatt, we hear (5)
Appropriate hunting pursuit but it's banned (5)
Take without right
Unjustly take over (5)
Seize by force Newsday 27 May 2024
Appropriate sporting pursuit but it's banned (5)
Enter the office uninvited? (5)
Grab power LA Times Daily 12 May 2024
Wrong way to achieve a takeover (5)
Snatch the crown, in a sense
Illegally acquire (5)
Seize without authority The Guardian Quick 01 Apr 2024
States old city president to take over (5)
Seize a throne
Take another's place, changing pursuit without it (5)
Seize unjustly (5)
Take over part of Cyprus, up from the south (5)
Wrongly assume (power) (5)
Seize by force Eugene Sheffer 09 Feb 2024
Seize New York Times 31 Jan 2024
Take command of moneylending business, assuming power for years The Times Cryptic 29 Jan 2024
Take over wrongfully
Take over (power) (5) Puzzler 16 Jan 2024
Appropriate unique selling point about old city (5)
You are to sup it or others will encroach on it
Make like Robert Baratheon (at least from the Targaryens' perspective)
See American turn in the middle and quietly take their place
Seize wrongfully Mirror Classic 12 Dec 2023
Seize illegally LA Times Daily 04 Dec 2023
Seize forcibly Premier Sunday 26 Nov 2023
Seize illegally New York Times 23 Nov 2023
Take over by force Newsday 14 Nov 2023
Take the wrong way? Wall Street Journal 13 Nov 2023
Supplant without due authority The Times Concise 21 Oct 2023
Take forcibly Newsday 01 Oct 2023
Seize by force Thomas Joseph 08 Sep 2023
Heads of ultra socialist union revoke parliament to take over The Guardian Quiptic 14 Aug 2023
Seize wrongfully The Guardian Quick 17 Jul 2023
Wrest Wall Street Journal 11 May 2023
Seize New York Times 16 Mar 2023
Appropriate inappropriately LA Times Daily 23 Jan 2023
Seize control of Newsday 04 Dec 2022
Forcefully seize USA Today 27 Oct 2022
Seize by force Eugene Sheffer 24 Oct 2022
Take badly? New York Times 22 Oct 2022
Illegally seize something from Manchu, surprisingly The Times Cryptic 21 Oct 2022
Seize power The Guardian Speedy 25 Sep 2022
Short of energy, finish with spot of redecorating in annex The Telegraph Toughie 18 Aug 2022
Take control by force The Guardian Quick 18 May 2022
Seize, as a king's power Family Time 06 Feb 2022
Take over new pursuit needing information technology
Assume by force Wall Street Journal 22 Dec 2021
Take by force USA Today 09 Dec 2021
Seize without authority The Guardian Quick 04 Dec 2021
Take control of without authority Irish Times Simplex 18 Nov 2021
Seize power from The Times Concise 17 Nov 2021
Take over Wall Street Journal 23 Oct 2021
Seize illegally Universal 13 Oct 2021
Commandeer The Telegraph Quick 24 Sep 2021
Assume illegally Wall Street Journal 23 Sep 2021
Seize power by force The Times Concise 18 Sep 2021
Take by force New York Times 24 Aug 2021
Take forcibly Universal 07 Aug 2021
Seize by force Newsday 03 Aug 2021
Take by force New York Times 21 Jul 2021
Seize illegitimately USA Today 21 Jul 2021
Take over forcefully
Seize wrongfully USA Today 21 Jun 2021
Commandeer Wall Street Journal 19 Jun 2021
Take unrightfully USA Today 10 Mar 2021
Commandeer marketing concept about old city Irish Times Crosaire 17 Dec 2020
Forcefully overthrow, as a king
Take by force Wall Street Journal 10 Dec 2020
Seize illegally The Washington Post 29 Nov 2020
Seize illegally LA Times Daily 29 Nov 2020
Seize (power) illegally The Times Concise 23 Oct 2020
Seize by force
Seize by force Thomas Joseph 21 Oct 2020
Take forcibly Premier Sunday 20 Sep 2020
Assume moneylending will succumb ultimately to pressure
Take by force Universal 05 Sep 2020
Seize power from The Times Concise 22 Aug 2020
Union raise matter about manager behind take over
Take by force LA Times Daily 04 Jun 2020
Take by force The Washington Post 04 Jun 2020
Seize control of Newsday 27 May 2020
Take over forcefully
Take control of without authority Irish Times Simplex 04 Apr 2020
Enter office uninvited? The Sun Two Speed 19 Feb 2020
Take over The Sun Two Speed 19 Feb 2020
Seize illegally
Supplant head of union by surprise? Not half!
Appropriate New York Times 18 Dec 2019
Appropriate
Almost certain to break up – that's appropriate
Steal a throne, e.g Canadiana 09 Dec 2019
Seize without authority Family Time 28 Oct 2019
Take unlawfully Universal 02 Oct 2019
Appropriate The Telegraph Quick 29 Sep 2019
Take by force Newsday 28 Jul 2019
Take over America; USSR heartless on gaining power
Take over forcibly Wall Street Journal 08 Apr 2019
Assume by force Jonesin 26 Feb 2019
Take over by force Wall Street Journal 19 Feb 2019
Seize, as power Newsday 07 Feb 2019
Seize by force Wall Street Journal 04 Feb 2019
Dethrone The Guardian Speedy 03 Feb 2019
Dethrone; take forcibly The Guardian Speedy 27 Jan 2019
Seize illegally Universal 08 Jan 2019
Arrogate Canadiana 07 Jan 2019
Take over forcibly
Seize illegally
Take over by force
Take unlawfully
Seize by force
Seize improperly Newsday 13 Dec 2018
Take possession of The Telegraph Quick 31 Oct 2018
Appropriate inappropriately Wall Street Journal 17 Oct 2018
Take over The Times Concise 05 Aug 2018
Move in on
Central parts of industry reassuringly, and quietly, appropriate
Seize by force Family Time 18 Jun 2018
Take over The Telegraph Quick 27 May 2018
Overthrow Universal 25 May 2018
Seize unlawfully USA Today 16 May 2018
Seize (throne, e.g.) The Telegraph Quick 05 May 2018
Take unlawfully USA Today 23 Mar 2018
Take a wrong way Newsday 03 Mar 2018
Forcefully overthrow
Take over by force Newsday 04 Jan 2018
Overthrow
Seize unlawfully
Appropriate inappropriately
Take forcibly Eugene Sheffer 05 Dec 2017
Illegally supplant Wall Street Journal 29 Nov 2017
Take by force Jonesin 17 Oct 2017
Seize The Washington Post 05 Oct 2017
Seize LA Times Daily 05 Oct 2017
Seize chateau at last by surprise? Not half!
To seize power from a king, say
Supplant (someone in power) The Times Concise 21 Jul 2017
Appropriate Newsday 10 Jun 2017
Seize without legal authority New York Times 21 Mar 2017
Seize power illegally Universal 28 Feb 2017
Seize without authority The Washington Post 01 Feb 2017
Take over LA Times Daily 11 Jan 2017
Seize without legal authority
Take by force
Take over
Seize power illegally
Seize
Assume America in revolt with Republican getting in The Telegraph Cryptic 01 Dec 2016
Take forcibly New York Times 28 Nov 2016
Seize illegally Wall Street Journal 16 Nov 2016
Depose illegally The Telegraph Quick 10 Sep 2016
Seize forcibly USA Today 09 Sep 2016
Take over forcibly LA Times Daily 05 Jul 2016
Seize letters from Anu, surprisingly
Seize without right The Washington Post 16 Mar 2016
Seize unlawfully New York Times 08 Mar 2016
Expropriate USA Today 05 Mar 2016
Seize forcibly
Take over forcibly
Take forcibly
Take forcibly Universal 30 Dec 2015
Seize by force Universal 23 Dec 2015
Seize, as the throne Universal 30 Oct 2015
Encroach on Newsday 30 Oct 2015
Take forcibly Newsday 28 Oct 2015
Lay claim to Universal 07 Sep 2015
Commandeer Newsday 24 Jun 2015
Assume it's not quite certain in north-western state
Take power forcibly USA Today 08 Apr 2015
Take by force The Telegraph Quick 07 Apr 2015
Commandeer Eugene Sheffer 02 Jan 2015
Commandeer
Take power forcibly
Lay claim to
Seize, as the throne
Take forcibly
Commandeer
Encroach on
Seize by force
Take forcibly
Seize American lawman, say
Take by force
Seize illegally
Appropriate
Seize
Take by force
Seize power illegally
Seize forcefully
Take unrightfully
Seize, as power
Use without authority
Seize
Supplant illegally
Take by force
Use without authority
Take forcibly
Seize forcibly
Take the wrong way?
Lay claim to
Seize by force
23 Unjustly take hold of American with 'university' accent
Assume wrongfully
Grab
Improperly seize
Supplant illegally
Seize illegally
Take by force
Commandeer
Seize the throne
Wrongfully seize and hold
Forcibly lay claim to
Take without asking
Wrongfully seize and hold
Take forcibly
Grab, as power
Seize by force
Take over
Seize, as a throne
Seize by force
Grab, as power
Seize without authority
Appropriate
Grab, as power
Take by force
Take without permission
Take over with force
Take illegally
Take by force
Seize illegally
Take forcibly
Take by force
Seize by force
Take forcibly
Appropriate
Commit a coup d'etat
Seize without authority
Seize by force
Stage a hostile takeover
Take illegally
Appropriate
Lay claim to
Wrest
Expropriate
Commit a coup d'état
Employ wrongfully
Take by force
Seize, as power
Take for oneself
Use without authority
Take as one's right
Take over with force
Appropriate
Take by force
Assume
Take over with force
Ignore copyrights
Take over forcefully
Appropriate
Take by force
Take illegally
Illegally seize
Illegally seize
Seize control of
Take illegally
Take over
Seize, as the throne
Grab, as power
Take control of
Take illegally
Move in on
Seize and hold
Preempt
Unlawfully take over
Take power forcibly
Assume by force
Take over?
Expropriate
Employ wrongfully
Seize without authority
Seize the throne
Supplant illegally
Seize power
Pull off a coup d'etat
Pre-empt
Arrogate
Obtain by force
Appropriate forcibly
Seize illegally
Take over forcefully
Take over illegally
Talk arrogantly
Take over forcibly
Encroach on
Seize by force
Take over by force.
Seize wrongfully.
Seize by force.
Seize and hold without right.
Confiscate.
Seize power.
Take unjustly.
Arrogate.
Take over.
Assume unrightfully.
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