usurper
noun[C]
uk/juːˈzɜː.pər//juːˈsɜː.pər/us/juːˈsɝː.pɚ//juːˈzɝː.pɚ/apersonwhousurps(=takescontrolof)something,especiallyapositionofpower, without having theright:
篡位者Power wasseizedby abrutalusurper.一个残暴的篡位者攫取了权力。
He wasconsideredatyrantand usurper by hisopponents.他被对手视为暴君和篡位者。
See
usurp
- He wasfaraheadof all otherdictatorsand usurpers when it came toportrayinghimself as anationalhero.
- Heunitedadividedempirebydefeatingusurpers who weretearingtheempireapart.
- Hethrowsaway thechancetokillthe usurper whostolethethronethat isrightlyhis.
Politics - general words
- anti-capitalism
- anti-capitalist
- anti-communism
- anti-communist
- anti-fascism
- lab
- laissez-faire
- left
- left of centre
- leftist
- overstep
- parliament
- party politics
- personality cult
- pinko
- subsidiarity
- super-conservative
- Thatcherism
- the Third Way
- Tory