Usually means: Acquisition of large land areas.
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  1. land grab: Merriam-Webster
  2. land-grab: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. land grab: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. land-grab: Wordnik
  5. land grab: Wiktionary
  6. land-grab, land grab: Dictionary.com
  7. Land grab: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. land grab: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. land grab: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Land grab)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of landgrab [A landrush.]

Similar:
turfwar, smash-and-grab, grass fire, battle-field, groundgame, trench-plow, grab-bag, battle-ground, grass-tops, way leave, more...

Opposite:
land return, land restitution, land restoration

Types:
eminent domain, squatting, condemnation, more...

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Similar:
turfwar, smash-and-grab, grass fire, battle-field, groundgame, trench-plow, grab-bag, battle-ground, grass-tops, way leave, more...

Opposite:
land return, land restitution, land restoration

Types:
eminent domain, squatting, condemnation, more...



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