usurp

usurp

释义： 动词，表“篡夺，侵权，霸占”，在文书中可以用来替换seize，take over等词组和词语，达到丰富词汇的目的。

例句：
Critics call it an illegal power grab meant to usurp local governments and break up public-sector unions.
After all, it allowed our ancestors to usurp the mammalian throne and to pass on the spoils as every human's birthright.