1. acts of taking someone’s position of power illegally or by force
Usage: plural form of usurpation

Examples

• The history book detailed several usurpations of the throne during the medieval period.
• Military usurpations were common in the unstable republic.
• The constitution was designed to prevent usurpations of executive power.
• Scholars studied the usurpations that led to the fall of the empire.
• The general’s usurpations of authority alarmed the civilian government.
• These usurpations violated the established laws of succession.