variants or less commonly landgrab
: a usually swift acquisition of property (such as land or patent rights) often by fraud or force
land-grabber noun

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That bold land grab set the stage for Russia to invade Ukraine proper in 2022. Russia since has sought to annex four Ukrainian provinces. Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025 Ukraine and the West call Russia's action an imperialist land grab. Jonathan Landay, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025 At the time, Putin demanded that Ukraine never be allowed into NATO, and that the bloc roll back its military footprint in Eastern and Central Europe – which the US and its allies dismissed as non-starters, condemning the invasion as a blatant land grab. Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025 Determined to punish Russia for this flagrant imperial land grab, but unwilling to risk war with a fellow nuclear power, U.S. officials again reached into their economic arsenal. Edward Fishman, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for land grab

Word History

First Known Use

1860, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of land grab was in 1860

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“Land grab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/land%20grab. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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