Definitions of usurp
to take and use someone or something else's right, job, or position without having the right to do so
The judge said she was not authorized to "usurp the lawmaking function of the legislature".
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to take and use someone or something else's right, job, or position without having the right to do so
The judge said she was not authorized to "usurp the lawmaking function of the legislature".