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Usurpation

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Word	Definition
expropriationnoun	The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property without material compensation; the act of depriving oneself of private propriety rights.
appropriationnoun	An act or instance of appropriating.
confiscationnoun	The act or process of confiscating.
seizurenoun	(medicine, pathology) A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).
encroachmentnoun	An intrusion upon another's possessions or rights; infringement.
misappropriationnoun	The wrongful, fraudulent or corrupt use of other's funds in one's care.
fraudnoun	(law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
theftnoun	The act of stealing property.
lootingnoun	The act of stealing during a crisis such as a war, riot or natural disaster, when law enforcement is ineffective or absent.
plunderingnoun	The act of one who plunders; pillaging or looting; plunder.
plundernoun	An instance of plundering.
pillagenoun	The act of pillaging.
counterfeitnoun	A non-genuine article; a fake.
pretencenoun	British standard spelling of pretense.
guisenoun	An external appearance in manner or dress; an appropriate indication or expression; a garb; a shape.
misusenoun	An incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.
pillagingnoun	the act of stealing valuable things from a place
usurpmentnoun	usurpation
usurpershipnoun	The role or status of usurper.
power grabnoun	(idiomatic) An attempt to gain authority in an oppressive or unscrupulous way.