Today’s “Word of the Day” is “usurper“ and it is a noun meaning “a person who takes control of somebody’s office/position of power by force or without having the legal right”.
Example Sentence: The commodity and financial flows that were extracted from India had started with the East India Company but continued unabated after its rule was replaced by the British Crown once India’s First War of Independence showed up the usurper’s shaky hold on the country.
This word is present in The Hindu article A moral disaster for the west and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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