Usurpation in a sentence as a noun

An act of usurpation is not obligatory; it is not law; and any man may be justified in his resistance.

There isn't a necessity for false interpretations or naked usurpation here.

In one they are taking the powers granted to them and exercising them, in the other, they are deciding that they are the supreme power, a clear usurpation.

The fundamental issue is that you cannot make an ethical case for patents, on the contrary, they are a gross usurpation of a human being's right to create and trade.

Proprietary interest in seed corn and yet another usurpation of privileges by corporate interests are a key issue.

Just to be clear: you reject the concept of judicial review, and believe Marbury v Madison is a "usurpation".Marbury v Madison didn't come out of left field.

Thus this course of conduct can only be of the greatest benefit and value in a republic, as it looks only to the public good, and is in no way open to the suspicion of individual usurpation.

The term "cartel" arguably did apply up until around the death of Pablo Escobar, and the subsequent usurpation of power from the Colombian producers by the Mexican distributors.

They certainly warned us, and Stallman has picked up the light to be shone on these dark territories from others before him, but who in the contemporary era has done as much as Stallman to educate the public as to the dangers of the usurpation of technology by nefarious agencies?I don't understand the need to denigrate Stallman for these deeds - what purpose does it serve to extinguish this light?

Usurpation definitions

noun

entry to another's property without right or permission

See also: trespass encroachment violation intrusion

noun

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"