supplant

supplant [suh’-PLANT, -PLAHNT]
	[ transitive verb ]
	MEANING :
	1. to supersede or usurp one's place by trickery or plotting 2. to uproot, displace or substitute
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	The general tried to supplant the king by planning a military coup.
	USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
	David Miliband, the man who is thought to want to supplant Gordon Brown at 10, Downing Street, leaves the Labour Party conference as damaged goods, largely caused by self-inflicted wounds.