Employ and Usurp

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Employ

Employ verb - To provide with a paying job.
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Usurp and employ are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Usurp" instead a verb "Employ".
Nearby Words: employment, employed, employee, employable, employer

Usurp

Usurp verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.
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Employ and usurp are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Employ" instead a verb "Usurp".
Nearby Words: usurpation, usurper, usurping

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power employ power usurp power
man employ man usurp man
system employ system usurp system
rule employ rule usurp rule
Other words: powers.

Both words in one sentence

  • Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers has Lord Zedd usurp Rita Repulsa as the series villain, but he keeps all of Rita's old henchmen under his employ.
    Source: Mook Carryover
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Usurp and Employ. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/employ/usurp
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