Definitions for usurpation

Overview of noun usurpation

The noun usurpation has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion, usurpation

(entry to another's property without right or permission)

2. usurpation

(wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority); "a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation")