land grab

noun

ˈlan(d)-ˌgrab

variants or less commonly landgrab

: a usually swift acquisition of property (such as land or patent rights) often by fraud or force

land-grabber

ˈlan(d)-ˌgra-bər

noun

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The industry's hunger has led to a data land grab: Companies are vying to teach their baby AIs using information sucked in from many different sources — sometimes with the owner's permission, often without it — before new laws and court rulings make that harder. —

Ina Fried, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024 Tools for Humanity itself is venture-backed, and the foundation, in its land grab for the modern identity verification market and your personal biometric data, is focused on scale, scale, scale. —

Lauren Goode, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024 The government's been accused of carrying out a land grab to secure supplies of lithium, and of causing the disaster through geoengineering. —

Emma Woollacott, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024 The shift to frozen desserts is just the latest twist in this year’s land grab among fast food companies. —

Chris Morris, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for land grab