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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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.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
But Moscow’s smaller-scale land grab probably would not have triggered as vigorous an international response.
—Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 21 Mar. 2025
The year of [Russian foreign minister] Malick, the year when the Russian land grab [i.e., the invasion of Czechoslovakia] became a fact the most obtuse could not ignore.
—Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Is the Gaza takeover proposal a land grab by a president who sees the world through the prism of a New York real estate developer?
—Zeke Miller, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
But Moscow’s smaller-scale land grab probably would not have triggered as vigorous an international response.
—Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 21 Mar. 2025
The year of [Russian foreign minister] Malick, the year when the Russian land grab [i.e., the invasion of Czechoslovakia] became a fact the most obtuse could not ignore.
—Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Is the Gaza takeover proposal a land grab by a president who sees the world through the prism of a New York real estate developer?
—Zeke Miller, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 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 7 May. 2025.
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