Usurpar in english
Usurp
pronunciation: none part of speech: none
pronunciation: none part of speech: none
In gestures
usurpar = usurp ; hijack [highjack] ; take over ; rip + Nombre + off ; commandeer.
Example: 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'.Example: Information may have been hijacked as the province of computer operators rather than librarians.Example: 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.Example: Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called 'bungs' for prime space.Example: He was left without a scratch and pursued the shooter on foot until the gunman commandeered a passing car.more:
» usurpar el poder = seize + power .
Example: In an extractive economy, such as the Belgian Congo and its successor state, Zaire, a narrow elite seizes power and uses its control of resources to prevent social change.