Obey
Take over
Take over verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.
Both terms in one sentence
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Dr. Doofenshmirtz once tried to take over the Tri-State Area by making everyone's New Year's Resolution to obey him.
Source: New Year's Resolution -
Take Over the World: The MCP informs Dillinger that it's planning to hack into the Pentagon, take control of the US's missiles, and force the world to obey him.
Source: Film / TRON - The creepiest part is, they can infect normal people and create colonies - "walkers" - that will then obey them; they can offer subtle suggestions to drive the infected to do something on its own accord, or they can take over the body entirely - and suicide it when no longer needed.
Source: Hive Mind / Played Straight
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