supersede
From LSJ
Μισῶ γε μέντοι χὤταν ἐν κακοῖσί τις ἁλοὺς ἔπειτα τοῦτο καλλύνειν θέλῃ → I hate it when someone is caught in the midst of their evil deeds and tries to gloss over them
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
deprive of office: P. παραλύειν (τινά) τῆς ἀρχῆς.
be successor to: P. διαδέχεσθαι (dat.).