usurp powers

常见例句

Many career men and the big powers around your country are ready to usurp your position at any time. Therefore, you feel unsafe.
许多野心家、临近的强国等，都无时无刻不在想着夺取您的位子，您当然不会有安全感了！
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While the President was campaigning to change the constitution to allow him to stand for office beyond the limit of two terms, Baduel accused the President of attempting to usurp the constitutional powers of the Venezuelan people.
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Why are non-elected agency bureaucrats appointed by the Executive Branch allowed to usurp and circumvent policy and spending authorization roles reserved exclusively for elected members of Congress under separation of powers established in the 1st article of the Constitution?
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