land grab
noun
variants
or less commonly landgrab
: a usually swift acquisition of property (such as land or patent rights) often by fraud or force
Examples of land grab in a Sentence
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The dream of a Black entrepreneur to open a hotel and beach club for Black patrons in Santa Monica in the 1950s was smashed by a racist land grab by the city through eminent domain.
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
The rule-making docket started to fill up with comments from critics charging that the concept was nothing but a Wall Street land grab.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
But land is still being lost and Conteh points to the fires burning close to the catchment area as a new land grab gets underway.
—David McKenzie, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
According to a growing contingent of advocates, academics, and officials around the world, this narrow dominance of orbit resembles something all too familiar: a colonial land grab.
—Khari Johnson, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2024
Over 20 years after Mesa attempted a land grab near an intersection of its downtown, a housing and retail project has now gotten underway.
—Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 30 Jan. 2024
Note that this territory is larger than Switzerland and Austria combined, and this is by far the largest land grab in Europe since World War II.
—Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
Wagner assault teams helped Russia execute a final land grab in eastern Ukraine in 2015.
—Paul Sonne, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2023
Wagner assault teams helped Moscow execute a final land grab in eastern Ukraine in 2015.
—Paul Sonne, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2023
Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
The rule-making docket started to fill up with comments from critics charging that the concept was nothing but a Wall Street land grab.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
But land is still being lost and Conteh points to the fires burning close to the catchment area as a new land grab gets underway.
—David McKenzie, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
According to a growing contingent of advocates, academics, and officials around the world, this narrow dominance of orbit resembles something all too familiar: a colonial land grab.
—Khari Johnson, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2024
Over 20 years after Mesa attempted a land grab near an intersection of its downtown, a housing and retail project has now gotten underway.
—Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 30 Jan. 2024
Note that this territory is larger than Switzerland and Austria combined, and this is by far the largest land grab in Europe since World War II.
—Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
Wagner assault teams helped Russia execute a final land grab in eastern Ukraine in 2015.
—Paul Sonne, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2023
Wagner assault teams helped Moscow execute a final land grab in eastern Ukraine in 2015.
—Paul Sonne, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2023
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“Land grab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/land%20grab. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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