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usurp

verb accroach, appropriate unlawfully, assume, assume command, assume without authorrty, commandeer, encroach, help oneself to, hold by force, lay hold of, seize, seize power, sibi adsumere, squat, steal, take, take charge, take possession, wrest

See also: abridge, accroach, adopt, annex, arrogate, assume, attach, condemn, confiscate, depose, deprive, dislodge, divest, impropriate, infringe, invade, levy, overstep, preempt, remove, seize, steal, supplant, takeover, trespass

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Police said that initial findings suggest that the scary message was sent by Tanweer to his sister possibly with an aim to usurp prize bonds and cash worth Rs 795000 the accused was carrying with him.