"Usurp" is a word in ENGLISH
To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or
the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act
as, a usurper.
To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without
right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown;
to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess
him.
Sydney, don't leave Adrian because of me.""It's more complicated than that," I said automatically."It's really not," she said. "From everything I've seen and heard, you're just afraid. You've always controlled every detail of your life. When you couldn't-like with the Alchemists-you found a way to seize back that control.""There is nothing wrong with wanting control," I snapped."Except that we can't always have it, and sometimes that is a good thing. A great thing, even," she added. "And that's how it is with Adrian. No matter how hard you try, you aren't going to be able to control your feelings for him. You can't help loving him, and so you're running away. I'm just an excuse.
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