as via a coup d'état, as well as through political influence and deceit.

Etymology

The word originally came from the Latin word usurpare ("to seize", "to take forcefully" or "to use").

Politics

The ancient Greeks had their own conception of what usurpers were, calling them tyrants. In the ancient Greek usage, a tyrant (tyrannos/???????? in Greek) was an individual who rose to power via unconstitutional

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