Usurp (Verb)
Meaning 1
Take the place of; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.