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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sup·plant v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supplanted p. pr. & vb. n. Supplanting.]
 1. To trip up. [Obs.] Supplanted, down he fell.”
 2. To displace and take the place of; to supersede; to remove or displace by stratagem; as, a rival supplants another in the favor of a mistress or a prince.
    Suspecting that the courtier had supplanted the friend.   --Bp. Fell.
 3. To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of. [obsolescent]
    You never will supplant the received ideas of God.   --Landor.
 Syn: -- To remove; displace; overpower; undermine; overthrow; supersede.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 supplanting
      n : act of taking the place of another especially using
          underhanded tactics [syn: displacement]