Usurper
Illegitimate or controversial claimant to state power / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Usurp" and "Usurpation" redirect here. For other uses, see Usurper (disambiguation).
For a list, see List of usurpers.
A usurper is an illegitimate or controversial claimant to power, often but not always in a monarchy.[1][2] In other words, one who takes the power of a country, city, or established region for oneself, without any formal or legal right to claim it as one's own.[3] Usurpers can rise to power in a region by often unexpected physical force, as well as through political influence and deceit.[4]