usurpation

Example Sentences

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Opposition candidate González fled to Spain on Saturday after being accused of "serious crimes" including the "usurpation" of public duties, document falsification, instigation of disobedience and system sabotage.

From BBC

It was “repeated injuries and usurpations,” including the dispatch of “swarms of Officers to harrassour people,” that pushed previously loyal or, at least, passive colonists to the breaking point.

From Washington Post

Unless he can get off the back of that tiger, the Smithsonian is doomed to the infinite creation of special-interest museums and the usurpation of sites on the Mall.

From Washington Post

“We find this usurpation of an individual’s private property profoundly invasive, and we liken it to a technological trespass.”

From Seattle Times

Dr. Tesi hopes to study the strait’s cold-living corals next, to see what insight they may offer into the Atlantic’s usurpation of the Arctic.

From New York Times