unseat Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb remove from political office
    • The Republicans are trying to unseat the liberal Democrat
  2. verb dislodge from one's seat, as from a horse

WordNet

Un*seat" transitive verb
Etymology
1st pref. un- + seat.
Definitions
  1. To throw from one's seat; to deprive of a seat. Cowper.
  2. Specifically, to deprive of the right to sit in a legislative body, as for fraud in election. Macaulay.

Webster 1913