NOUN | person | usurper, supplanter | one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another |
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Meaning | One who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another. | |
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Synonym | supplanter | |
Narrower | claim jumper | One who illegally occupies property to which another has a legal claim |
Broader | wrongdoer, offender | A person who transgresses moral or civil law |
Spanish | usurpador | |
Catalan | usurpador | |
Verbs | usurp | seize and take control without authority and possibly with force |
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