Usurp vs Misappropriate - What's the difference?
usurp | misappropriate |
To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
To use and assume the coat of arms of another person.
(obsolete) To make use of.
* 1662 , , Appendix, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 149:
To use something wrongly, or illegally
To embezzle
As verbs the difference between usurp and misappropriate
is that usurp is to seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means while misappropriate is to use something wrongly, or illegally.usurp
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