Question

Choose the synonym of usurp

Answer 1

A short root-based check confirms the same word.

1. "Usurp" traces back to a Latin root meaning to seize for one's own use without right.
2. "Encroach" describes intruding step by step on land, rights, or authority that belong to someone else, which lines up with that sense of an unlawful claim.
3. Words like invade or occupy do not carry that specific sense of an unlawful, gradual claim, so they are set aside.

Correct answer: Encroach.