[ noun ] one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another <noun.person>
Usurper \U*surp"er\, n. One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron.
A crown will not want pretenders to claim it, not usurpers, if their power serves them, to possess it. --South.
"Next to the usurper regime ruling over occupied Palestine, you are the most cursed government in the eyes of the Iranian people. No one in the Islamic republic will hold talks with you," the radio quoted Khamenei as telling U.S. leaders.
The problem, says Mr. O'Neil, was that the new Robin was disliked by comic fans as a usurper of the name.
He called Salinas a "usurper." In mid-August, the 500-member chamber began its session as an electoral college to certify the winners of the legislative elections.