Possible Clues:

• Assume wrongfully
• Take command of moneylending business, assuming power for years
• Steal a throne, e.g
• Appropriate Republican probing American in high position
• Seize up - it's almost certain to clog
• Wrongfully assume power, curtailing moneylending at first
• Seize power without authority
• Move in on
• Take over forcefully
• You have no right to take a broken spur like this