"landgrab" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: landgrabs [plural]
Etymology: From land + grab. Compare Old Norse landnám (“the taking of land”). Etymology templates: {{com|en|land|grab}} land + grab, {{noncog|non|landnám|t=the taking of land}} Old Norse landnám (“the taking of land”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} landgrab (plural landgrabs)
  1. A landrush.
    Sense id: en-landgrab-en-noun-ozG0HsXW

Verb

Forms: landgrabs [present, singular, third-person], landgrabbing [participle, present], landgrabbed [participle, past], landgrabbed [past]
Etymology: From land + grab. Compare Old Norse landnám (“the taking of land”). Etymology templates: {{com|en|land|grab}} land + grab, {{noncog|non|landnám|t=the taking of land}} Old Norse landnám (“the taking of land”) Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} landgrab (third-person singular simple present landgrabs, present participle landgrabbing, simple past and past participle landgrabbed)
  1. To acquire land that one does not have a right to possess.
    Sense id: en-landgrab-en-verb-J42hgXmc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99

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