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• n  act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
• v  take the place or move into the position of

• In many countries ultra-fast wireless systems are supplanting fixed-wire connections, speeding up Internet access and potentially putting these nations at the forefront of .
• The bickering has exploded in the space of a week into Topic A in the Democratic race, supplanting for the moment the war and the economy and health care and shows no sign of a .
• Baseball is gradually supplanting bull fighting in popular favor.

• displacement
• supplant
• replace
• supersede
• supervene upon
• supercede

News & Articles

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• New York Jets' Geno Smith, Not Mark Sanchez, Takes Majority of Reps
  COMMENTARY | If anyone still doubts that the New York Jets and head coach Rex Ryan have thrown quarterback Mark Sanchez into a full-fledged competition, those doubts can disappear right about now. In Wednesday's minicamp practice, rookie second-round draft pick Geno Smith took the majority of the snaps at quarterback, partially supplanting Sanchez, at least for the day.
  June 13, 2013 - Yahoo! Contributor Network via Yahoo! Sports

Quotes

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• Hillary Rodham Clinton in Sydney Morning Herald
  Such pressure "will be particularly aimed at the those enterprises controlled by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, which we believe is in effect supplanting the government of Iran," Clinton said.
• Barack Obama in Los Angeles Times
  Solutions to America's challenges are being developed every day at the grassroots. And government shouldn't be supplanting those efforts, it should be supporting those efforts,Obama told representatives of nonprofit programs during a White...
• Condoleezza Rice in Reuters Canada
  I have no intention of supplanting what is a developing fruitful channel bilaterally (between Olmert and Abbas)...... We will see when American presence is needed,said Rice.