Related Clues:

• Wrongfully assume power, curtailing moneylending at first
• Seize up - it's almost certain to clog
• Appropriate without authority
• Take (power) illegally
• Supplant (someone in power)
• Appropriate sporting pursuit, but it's banned
• Take (power) by force
• Appropriate Republican probing American in high position
• Appropriate university Prudence has backed
• Take over illegal business, quietly replacing unknown, finally
• Take over occupation of Cyprus, unless partly pushed back
• Unruly Commons in rumpus pursue and seize power
• Arrogate
• Seize wrongfully
• Illegally take old city, protected by American power