usurped
v. 篡奪,霸佔( usurp的過去式和過去分詞 ); 盜用; 篡奪,篡權
If you say that someone usurps a job, role, title, or position, they take it from someone when they have no right to do this.
Did she usurp his place in his mother's heart?...
她取代了他在他母親心目中的地位嗎?
The Congress wants to reverse the reforms and usurp the power of the presidency.
議會企圖顛覆改革,奪取總統權力。
1. (used especially of the rights of another) seized and held by force;
That magazine usurped copyrighted material.
那雜誌盜用了版權為他人所有的素材.
Henry IV usurped the throne of England.
亨利四世篡奪了英國的王位.
Pit - bull conservatives harbor the suspicion that their mission has been usurped by unbelievers ( James Wolcott )
尖酸無情的保守派抱著某種懷疑,認為他們的委員會已被異派奪了權 ( 詹姆斯沃爾科特 )