The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word USURPER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result USURPER
- Quietly stops one taking excessive interest in trespasser
- One wrongly claiming loan shark hides money
- He generates huge interest seizing power — Richard III?
- Mum’s curry — poetry on occasion, one assumes!
- One taking interest stealing power?
- Unscrupulous financial operator seizing power, one who takes over
- Criminal seizing power in America and Peru possibly? Right
- He dispossesses loan shark without a penny
- Soft-hearted moneylender who enters office uninvited
- He enters office uninvited
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The straight part
We know that "Criminal seizing power" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case criminal seizing power = usurper.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does USURPER mean?
USURPER noun- One who usurps.