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
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The Israeli security establishment opposes this land grab.
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Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
Despite the demographics of Dutch New Guinea, the president believed the optics of siding with the Netherlands against Sukarno’s land grab would undermine U.S. influence in the region.
—Timothy Naftali, Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2025
Ukraine and the West say Putin is engaged in an imperial-style land grab in Ukraine, and have repeatedly vowed to defeat Russia, which currently controls just under 20% of Ukraine, including Crimea and a chunk of eastern and southern Ukraine.
—Reuters, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2025
The Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project land grab is another example of the citizens being completely trampled upon by the institutions that bought your politicians off.
—Christopher Eric Bouchat, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2025
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Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
Despite the demographics of Dutch New Guinea, the president believed the optics of siding with the Netherlands against Sukarno’s land grab would undermine U.S. influence in the region.
—Timothy Naftali, Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2025
Ukraine and the West say Putin is engaged in an imperial-style land grab in Ukraine, and have repeatedly vowed to defeat Russia, which currently controls just under 20% of Ukraine, including Crimea and a chunk of eastern and southern Ukraine.
—Reuters, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2025
The Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project land grab is another example of the citizens being completely trampled upon by the institutions that bought your politicians off.
—Christopher Eric Bouchat, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for land grab
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“Land grab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/land%20grab. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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