usurp

[US]/jʊ'zɜːp/
[UK]/ju'zɝp/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. kumwagia kuvutia bila mguvu ya sheria; kumwagia kuvutia bila mguvu.
vi. kumwagia kuvutia bila mguvu ya sheria.
Word Forms
Third Person Singularusurps
Past Participleusurped
Past Tenseusurped
Present Participleusurping
Pluralusurps

Phrases & Collocations

usurp power

kutafuta maadili

usurp the throne

kutafuta mizani

usurp authority

kutafuta mamlaka

usurp control

kutafuta ustaarabu

usurp land

kutafuta miji

usurp someone's position

kutafuta makosa ya mtu

Example Sentences

usurp a neighbor's land.

kutamasha ardhi ya jirani.

usurp the name of ...

kutamasha jina la ...

Richard usurped the throne.

Richard alitamasha mchoro.

The vice-president is trying to usurp the president’s authority.

Mkono wa rais anataka kutamasha mamlaka ya rais.

That magazine usurped copyrighted material.

Magazini hiyo alimkosa m版权所有

The usurper took power by force .

Mtamasha alipata mamlaka kwa furaha.

the Hanoverian dynasty had usurped the Stuarts.

dina ya Hanoveri ilitema Stuarts.

the Church had usurped upon the domain of the state.

mikono ya mazoezi ilikuwa imetumia mengo ya mamlaka.

The usurper wrested the power from the king.

Mtamasha alipita mamlaka kutoka kwa mwenyekiti.

usurped the throne. See also Synonyms at allocate ,fit 1

Ilimechukua ngome. Tazama pia synonimu kwenye gawanya , fit 1

Real-world Examples

If I do not usurp myself, I am.

Kama mimi si mwenyewe mwenye mafua, mimi ni.

Source: Brave New World

Little by little he usurped his boss's authority.

Haya kwa muda mrefu, alifua mafua ya mdomo wake.

Source: High-frequency vocabulary in daily life

When I first got elected, I mean, they said that a woman has usurped a man's place.

Wakati mimi alipewa kusimamia kwa mara ya kwanza, basi wameweka kwamba mwanamke amefua mafua ya mwanamwana.

Source: What it takes: Celebrity Interviews

My kingdom was usurped by force with weapons and technology supplied by your father-in-law!

Migani yangu ilifua kwa mafua ya kifua na mali na utajiri uliulizwa na mume wako!

Source: Rick and Morty Season 3 (Bilingual)

He usurped the throne in 269 AD and briefly ruled a breakaway empire.

Alikuwa mwenyewe mwenye mafua ya miguu kwa mizigo ya 269 AD na kusimamia kwa muda mrefu mguu wa mimi mwenye mafua.

Source: BBC Listening Collection May 2019

Indeed she is, Mrs Hughes, and I have no intention of usurping your authority.

Hakika yeye ni, Mme Hughes, na mimi hajui kusimamia mafua yako.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Segmented Version) Season 1

I've usurped his place and locked him out the way they locked me out of the bakery.

Nimefua mafua yake na kusimamia mwenyewe kwa mizigo ya wameweka kusimamia mimi kwa miguu ya bakery.

Source: Flowers for Algernon

Unselfishness with Miss Bartlett had entirely usurped the functions of enthusiasm.

Ukupenda kwa Miss Bartlett ulifua kwa mafua ya kusimamia kwa mizigo ya kusimamia.

Source: The Room with a View (Part 1)

Years before, Jason’s uncle Pelias had ruthlessly usurped the throne of Thessaly from Jason’s grandfather.

Mipaka mrefu kabla, mamlaki wa Jason, Pelias, alifua mafua ya miguu ya Thessaly kutoka kwa mamlaki wa Jason.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

Her daughters help their mother succeed where other queens fail — defeating the reigning monarch, and usurping the brood pile.

Wanayeye wa yeye hujumuza mamlaki yake kusimamia wakati wengine wameweka kusimamia - kushika mwenyewe mwenye mafua na kusimamia miguu ya mifupa.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

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