Control
Take over
Take over verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.
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They also bring in tens of millions of soldiers, something that would be required to take over and control a planet of billions.
Source: Alien Invasion - Conspicuously Public Assassination: The President is killed by a group posing as the Harlem Heroes under the auspices of the Office, who plan to have the Mega Corps under their control and take over the country.
Source: Comic Book / Harlem Heroes -
He seems to care about his subjects in Sturmhalten and he prefers it when people help him voluntarily, but part of his plan to take over the Baron's empire involved using The Other's technology to help him win the battle of hearts and minds with mind control.
Source: Lawful Evil
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