usurp

verb3

1. •
   To seize and hold or use (powers, an office, a coat of arms, a right or copyright, etc) from another, without right (usually by illegitimate means).

   • [S]o he dies, But soon revives, Death over him no power Shall long usurp […] — 1674
2. •
   To take the place of someone or something else; to supplant.
3. •
   (no longer used) To make use of.

   • "[…] especially considering that even Matter it self, in which they tumble and wallow, which they feel with their hands and usurp with all their Senses […]" — 1653