usurpación

Definitions of usurpación
  1. noun
    wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority)
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    type of:
    confiscación, decomiso, incautación
    the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
  2. noun
    influencing strongly
    synonyms: intrusión
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    type of:
    influencia
    causing something without any direct or apparent effort
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