whakataka
1. (verb) (-ia,-ina) to toss off, cause to fall, throw down, depose, overthrow, abdicate.
Nō te hokinga ki Ingarangi ka kite ia i te hē; kua aro atu te whakaaro o tōna teina, o Hoani, ki a Piripi o Parani kia whakataka i a Rīhari ki raro (MM.TKM 31/10/1856:9). / When he returned to England he saw the problem; his younger brother, John, had joined with Philip of France to depose Richard.
