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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Former US President Joe Biden, Western European leaders and Ukraine cast the invasion as an imperial-style land grab and repeatedly vowed to defeat Russian forces, which control about a fifth of Ukraine.
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Reuters, CNN Money, 4 May 2025
Where many of these vendors will want to go next is a land grab on the more direct use of AI inside business processes.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Some critics have also said the initiative amounts to a government land grab.
—Andrew Mangum, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
However, that claim has been met with strong resistance from Ukraine and many European nations, who argue that merely halting a full-scale land grab hardly qualifies as a meaningful concession.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
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Reuters, CNN Money, 4 May 2025
Where many of these vendors will want to go next is a land grab on the more direct use of AI inside business processes.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Some critics have also said the initiative amounts to a government land grab.
—Andrew Mangum, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
However, that claim has been met with strong resistance from Ukraine and many European nations, who argue that merely halting a full-scale land grab hardly qualifies as a meaningful concession.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 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 28 May. 2025.
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