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簒: usurp

usurp; seize
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Readings

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Almost only in 簒奪 (さんだつ, usurpation), seizing a throne or power by force.

Key words

簒奪さんだつusurpation

Example sentences

After the shogun's death, a retainer plotted to usurp power.

The chancellor who attempted to usurp the throne was captured as a traitor.

The throne was usurped by his ambitious younger brother.

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