Tra từ usurp - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

u‧surp/juːˈzɜːp $ -ˈsɜːrp/ verb [TRANSITIVE]
[date : 1300-1400; Language : Old French; Origin : usurper, from Latin usurpare 'to take something by using it', from usus ( ⇨ use¹) + rapere 'to seize']
formal to take someone else’s power, position, job etc when you do not have the right to:
　 ▪ There were a couple of attempts to usurp the young king.

—usurper noun [COUNTABLE]

—usurpation /ˌjuːzɜːˈpeɪʃən $ -sɜːr-/ noun [UNCOUNTABLE]

verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
NOUN
authority
▪ He like many others at that time felt that female transvestites were usurping male authority.
▪ The court said the government interpreted the federal law so loosely that it usurped Congress' authority.
function
▪ Such corporations tend to usurp the functions of local elected authorities which are simultaneously subjected to greater central control.
▪ It presides ostentatiously on the horizon line, arrogantly usurping the monumental function of grand public buildings of the past.
▪ In so doing they do not usurp the legislative function.
▪ This is seen by some judges as usurping their function.
▪ A remarkable proportion regard the technical investigator as an unwelcome intruder who presumes to usurp the coroner's function.
▪ Now James had taken over that role from Edward, and he had usurped a little of her function too.
role
▪ The judges, critics say, have usurped the role of parliament.
▪ Then a howl went up among conservative critics of the court that it was usurping the role of the legislature.
▪ Mr Mandle was more concerned that the city government is usurping the role of its museums.
▪ It has usurped a role for which it was never created.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ He accused Congress of trying usurp the authority of the President.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ For years now, self-appointed surgeons without the appropriate training have been performing life-threatening operations usurping the skills of consultant plastic surgeons.
▪ If schools feel their own roles and responsibilities are being usurped, they will not cooperate.
▪ In so doing they do not usurp the legislative function.
▪ Streets, created by pedestrians, were usurped by motorists.
▪ The mass media, especially television, usurped the job the parties traditionally performed in reaching out to the people.
▪ Then a howl went up among conservative critics of the court that it was usurping the role of the legislature.
▪ This is seen by some judges as usurping their function.