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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The 2025 Maryland legislature, at the behest of the solar industry, is loading up to pass the greatest land grab in the state’s 247-year history, leading to a permanent destruction of Maryland’s farming lands.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2025
Ukraine and the West cast the war as an imperial-style land grab that threatens European security, and say that Russia could go further and attack NATO one day.
—Guy Faulconbridge and Lucy Papachristou, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
At Tuesday’s news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump declined to rule out the use of force in a potential land grab for Greenland and the Panama Canal.
—Damien Cave, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Like many people in rural Utah, Lyman sees the monument as yet another government land grab, in a state where more than 60 percent of the land is public.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2025
Ukraine and the West cast the war as an imperial-style land grab that threatens European security, and say that Russia could go further and attack NATO one day.
—Guy Faulconbridge and Lucy Papachristou, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
At Tuesday’s news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump declined to rule out the use of force in a potential land grab for Greenland and the Panama Canal.
—Damien Cave, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Like many people in rural Utah, Lyman sees the monument as yet another government land grab, in a state where more than 60 percent of the land is public.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Land grab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/land%20grab. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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