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Answer for the clue "One who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another ", 10 letters:
supplanter

Word definitions for supplanter in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another [syn: usurper ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Someone or something that supplants.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Supplanter \Sup*plan"ter\, n. One who supplants.

Usage examples of supplanter.

Mighty queer ways of spending wealth he mentioned, too, before Prout was up and, yelling at him for a thief and supplanter, drove at his throat with a knife.

Having supplanted their own Creators, the new beings were afraid of new supplanters.