Open Multilingual Wordnet 1.3

00085432-n 'wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority)';

English	usurpation ( ⊳ )
Japanese	簒奪

Definitions

English: 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
Japanese: 力ずくで（ある役職や権限を）奪取すること
― 剥奪によって支配した将官の継承

Relations

Hypernym:	capture
Semantic Field:	act_n

External Links

TempoWN: ◁ △ ▷ (Past: 0.000; Present: 0.000; Future: 0.001)

SentiWN: △ ▽ (+0.00 -0.00) MLSentiCon: ▲ ▼ (+0.12 -0.25)