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• n  entry to another's property without right or permission
• n  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

• For more than 20 years he has been writing in defense of Palestinian rights and against the usurpation of Palestine territory by Jordan and Israel.
• Berlusconi's usurpation of power is a serious political issue one that catcalls and japes from the benches of the European Parliament won't solve.
• Criticized as an "executive lynching," and a "despotic usurpation of power," the decision was widely unpopular among blacks and Northern whites.

• trespass
• encroachment
• violation
• intrusion

News & Articles

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• Letter: ‘Papers please’ police state is approaching
  It is the political process itself that will foster and grow the surveillance state, now that the Genie is out of the bottle. The First and Fourth Amendments, unless vigorously defended by an aroused citizenry, are doomed to government usurpation.
  Aug. 28, 2013 - Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal
• GOP lawmakers look to take legal action against gay marriage
  Republican lawmakers are considering legal action after a district judge in Bernalillo County gave the go-ahead for same-sex couples to marry there. “First we were looking at the lawlessness of Dona Anna county clerk. But now we are looking at the usurpation of the entire democratic system,” said state Sen. Bill Sharer. Sharer said district judges and county clerks have overstepped their bounds ...
  Aug. 27, 2013 - KOAT Albuquerque