Conduct
Take over
Take over verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.
Both terms in one sentence
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It's revealed that the reason the Senior Partners conduct their evil scheming though law firms is that they lack the brute strength to take over worlds through sheer force.
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Humans Are the Real Monsters: More than half of the major villains in the Crash games are evil human scientists who pollute the environment, conduct cruel animal experimentation, and try to take over the world.
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White Indigo, Red Wax, and Green Vigor act as Moderators of sorts by handing out reprimands to those who display inappropriate conduct in the field, such as Bewitching Maid for using dubious methods to take over the kingdom, and Sage for messing too deeply with space-time magic.
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