Deposes, as a dictator

Usage examples of ousts.

Now, if the old gentleman ousts Rensley, he’ll have need of a fresh patron, or a rich bride.

Gatler would pretend to be incredulous, thunderstruck: you're hiding out and missing the great stories, the big, stupendous, attack-on-Pearl Harbor, war-declared stories-world's worst nuclear accident kills zillions, democracy collapses in Russia, military dictatorship ousts Yeltsin?

He takes over, ousts the legal owners, and set himself up to live off the fat of the land, with you as his technical chief.