- usurpar
- v.to usurp.* * *usurpar► verbo transitivo1 to usurp* * *VT [+ poder, trono] to usurp; [+ tierras] to seize* * *verbo transitivo (frml) <propiedad/título> to misappropriate; <territorio> to seize; <poder> to usurp* * *= usurp, hijack, take over, rip off, commandeer.Ex. Peter Jackaman fears 'that public libraries have failed to grasp the opportunity which this development offered, and as result their potential role has, in many cases, been usurped by other agencies'.Ex. Information may have been hijacked as the province of computer operators rather than librarians.Ex. We need to replace those aspects of traditional public library service which have been taken over by other media or rendered redundant by social change.Ex. Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called 'bungs' for prime space.Ex. He was left without a scratch and pursued the shooter on foot until the gunman commandeered a passing car.* * *verbo transitivo (frml) <propiedad/título> to misappropriate; <territorio> to seize; <poder> to usurp* * *= usurp, hijack, take over, rip off, commandeer.
Ex: Peter Jackaman fears 'that public libraries have failed to grasp the opportunity which this development offered, and as result their potential role has, in many cases, been usurped by other agencies'.
Ex: Information may have been hijacked as the province of computer operators rather than librarians.Ex: We need to replace those aspects of traditional public library service which have been taken over by other media or rendered redundant by social change.Ex: Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called 'bungs' for prime space.Ex: He was left without a scratch and pursued the shooter on foot until the gunman commandeered a passing car.* * *usurpar [A1 ]vt(frml); ‹propiedad/título› to misappropriate; ‹territorio› to seizeusurpar el poder/trono to usurp power/the throne (frml)* * *
usurpar (conjugate usurpar) verbo transitivo (frml) ‹propiedad/título› to misappropriate;
‹territorio› to seize;
‹poder› to usurp
usurpar verbo transitivo
1 (las funciones, poder, etc) to usurp
2 (una propiedad) to misappropriate
'usurpar' also found in these entries:
English:
encroach
- usurp
* * *usurpar vtto usurp* * *usurparv/t usurp* * *usurpar vt: to usurp♦ usurpación nf
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.