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篡权
cuàn​quán

to usurp power

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
篡权 篡權 cuàn//quán
to usurp power
To seize power by illegal or underhanded means; to take control of an office or government without authority.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.240 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.189 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 篡位 cuàn​wèi
  • 篡夺 cuàn​duó

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)