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Verbs
1. (verb) arrogate, assume, seize, take over, usurp;
  - 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”;

2. (verb) usurp;
  - take the place of;
  - “gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke”;

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