What does usurpation mean in crosswords?

usurpation means: wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority)

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usurpation

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˌjuː.sə(ɹ)ˈpeɪ.ʃən/Part of speech nounSorted ainoprstuuStarts with UEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word

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wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority)

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

“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; […]”
“Sent from the God's to ſet us free / From Bondage and from Uſurpation!”

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