Vocabulary : Usure to Usurpature

Usure : To practice usury; to charge unlawful interest. ;; Usury.
Usured : of Usure
Usurer : One who lends money and takes interest for it; a money lender. ;; One who lends money at a rate of interest beyond that established by law; one who exacts an exorbitant rate of interest for the use of money.
Usuring : of Usure
Usurious : Practicing usury; taking illegal or exorbitant interest for the use of money; as, a usurious person. ;; Partaking of usury; containing or involving usury; as, a usurious contract.

Usurp : To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him. ;; To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act as, a usurper.
Usurpant : Usurping; encroaching.
Usurpation : The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power. ;; Use; usage; custom.
Usurpatory : Marked by usurpation; usurping.
Usurpature : Usurpation.

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