Thesaurus results for USURPED

usurped

verb

past tense of usurp

as in seized

to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right the mayor usurped the school board's authority when he fired the principal

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Recent Examples of usurped But having your name be usurped by a bag is a strangely dehumanizing experience. — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026 But by the end of the movie, Verity is dead and her publishing empire has been usurped by her ghostwriter. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026 Jason Speaking of football-loving families, the Kelces seem to have usurped the Mannings for the sport’s first family. — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 1 Sep. 2026 Howie Roseman acquired Bigsby after Week 1, and Bigsby eventually usurped Shipley as Barkley’s top backup. — Zach Berman, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026 Colby opened camp on the first string but has been usurped the past week by veteran Rob Jones, whose violent streak showed up well in Tuesday’s action against the Titans. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026 Mikesic said LivaNova’s actions usurped Cansler’s ability to request information from the company’s corporate representatives and witnesses as her attorneys prepared for trial. — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026 His story is one rife with terror, pain and a sweltering rage that has usurped everything around him. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026 Season 2 was a major improvement, which was then usurped by season 3, which brought in new uniforms, new sets, and Michael Piller to head up the writing team. — Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026

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In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Also unfinished are the high-speed rail and the Delta tunnel, major environmental infrastructure projects that have been seized upon by right-wing media as evidence of Newsom’s failures.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of seized

Verb

Italian authorities had bolstered security forces in Milan with hundreds of military troops who conducted searches and confiscated baseball bats, fireworks and face masks from scores of protesters.

— Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Authorities arrested 146 people and confiscated 43 firearms during the three-day operation.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of confiscated

Verb

Nantz tried to knock the ball from Watt, but hit his wrist hard on the football and immediately grabbed his hand.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
The former center grabbed headlines in March for commenting on a Rangers loss that coincided with the team’s Pride Night celebration.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of grabbed

Verb

On the first play of the third quarter, Wagner stole the ball from Hawks big man Onyeka Okongwu and scored with ease in transition.

— Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
Federal authorities said her husband and several other individuals stole millions of dollars from the casino by creating fraudulent credit vouchers.

— Sergio Candido, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of stole

Verb

The 18-story building collapsed Friday in a busy commercial street of the capital Nairobi, trapping construction workers and people reportedly inside shops on the ground and basement floors that had been illegally occupied.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
One in coastal California extends approximately 620 miles long, while several smaller supercolonies occupied surrounding territories.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of occupied

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Desperately needing a win to avoid falling to 0-4 in Big 12 conference play, the Jayhawks converted five of those attempts.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026
His device converted sound into electrical signals that could travel over wires and be converted back into speech.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of converted

Verb

The man on the line claimed a Mexican drug cartel had kidnapped her 37-year-old daughter.

— Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
While protests in France have claimed most international attention, large demonstrations are also rocking many European cities Saturday from Milan to Madrid, Lisbon and Tirana.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of claimed

Verb

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act even appropriated $40 million for the project.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Some anti-hate groups view the use of the nose emoji as antisemitic, while goy is a term that has been appropriated by those who espouse antisemitic views.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of appropriated

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