Definition of land grab
: a usually swift acquisition of property (such as land or patent rights) often by fraud or force
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The decline of Russian economic growth is something that Russian rulers will eventually need to tackle through measures other than land grabs in the territories of the former Soviet Union.
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That represents a potential land grab for casinos, but also for online sports betting platforms that have built sophisticated operations overseas.
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Hatch and Bishop almost immediately began referring to it as a land grab.
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Trump’s ascent to power, Russia’s militant land grab, Myanmar’s ethnic cleansing, Germany’s rising neo-fascism, lawlessness in Rwanda, North Korea’s nuclear threats ─ these countries appear to have gone crazy.
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The Crimean land grab also robbed Russia of the chance to act as a balancing force between America and China.
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But land grabs by companies, often aided by local officials, have escalated in India.
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Stealing the show is Zhuang, irrepressible, quixotic, an endlessly scheming operator who finds his calling in activism — rallying opposition to a corrupt land grab in his village.
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That is why the land grab for dockless bike-share companies is playing out largely in low-density cities like Dallas, as well as suburbs and college towns.
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First Known Use of land grab
1860
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