Clues for the word "USURP"
We've had 88 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 249 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Quick crossword on June 14, 2026.
Definition of usurp
- v. t. - To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him.
- v. i. - To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act as, a usurper.
Referring Clues
- Appropriate
- Take over
- Move in on
- Take forcibly
- Seize
- Take by force
- Assume
- Preempt
- Seize, as the throne
- Take control of
- Commit a coup d'état
- Seize without authority
- Seize illegally
- Grab, as power
- Seize by force
- Wrest
- Seize forcefully
- Take illegally
- Lay claim to
- Employ wrongfully
- Expropriate
- Wrongfully seize and hold
- Seize, as a throne
- Commandeer
- Grab
- Take unlawfully
- Take over with force
- Take without asking
- Co-opt
- Assume wrongfully
- Improperly seize
- Forcibly lay claim to
- Supplant illegally
- Seize the throne
- Overthrow
- Seize, as power
- Seize forcibly
- Use without authority
- Take unrightfully
- Stage a coup
- Seize power illegally
- Take as one's right
- Take unjustly
- Take power forcibly
- Encroach on
- Take
- Seize unlawfully
- Take over forcibly
- Seize without legal authority
- Take over by force
- Take power unlawfully
- Supplant
- Take a position of power by force
- Seize power by force
- Seize chateau at last by surprise? Not half!
- Seize wrongfully
- Seize without right
- Take possession of illegally
- Enter the office uninvited?
- Take (power etc) illegally
- Make pretence a reality?
- Illegally supplant
- Commit a coup d'etat
- Pursue endlessly all over the place and take possession
- Oust no-frills insurers in recession? Yes
- Dethrone
- Unjustly take hold of American with "university" accent
- Seize, take over
- Take over the Guardian, former city page
- Take a wrong way
- Appropriate inappropriately
- Seize improperly
- Seize control of
- Dethrone; take forcibly
- Arrogate
- Seize power wrongfully
- Seize illegitimately
- Seize, as a king's power
- Take badly?
- Forcefully seize
- Take over an endless wild pursuit
- Stage a hostile takeover of
- Illegally seize
- Unjustly seize power
- Forcefully supplant
- Unwelcome thing to do, if not exactly usury
- Take illegitimately
- Appropriate, as power
Last Seen In
- Daily Quick - June 14, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 02, 2026
- New York Times - March 28, 2026
- LA Times - March 26, 2026
- LA Times - March 01, 2026
- LA Times - February 08, 2026
- LA Times - January 28, 2026
- Daily Quick - January 24, 2026
- Daily American - January 05, 2026
- Daily American - December 24, 2025
- New York Times - December 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 23, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 05, 2025
- USA Today - March 01, 2025
- Daily American - January 26, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 26, 2024
- New York Times - November 26, 2024
- USA Today - October 12, 2024
- New York Times - September 17, 2024
- New York Times - August 11, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 22, 2024
- Daily Quick - June 13, 2024
- USA Today - June 13, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - May 17, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - March 13, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 09, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - February 07, 2024
- New York Times - January 31, 2024
- And in 219 more crossword puzzles...