Definition of "usurping" []

• Present participle of usurp. (verb)

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• "Richard, considering him as his natural rival, and feeling offended, moreover, at the dictatorial manner in which he, a vassal of France for his Continental domains, conducted himself towards his liege lord, endeavoured to strengthen his own party, and weaken that of Richard, by uniting the Crusading princes of inferior degree in resistance to what he termed the usurping authority of the King of England."
• "It was a close race but Date Night succeeded in usurping Clash of the Titans from its thrown at the top of the box office."
• "When libertarians manage to ward off criminal activity through their own efforts, do they feel a special pride in usurping the function of the state that other people do not?"