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Definition of Landgrab
1. a swift and often fraudulent seizure of land [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Landgrab
Literary usage of Landgrab
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Postcommunism: Four Perspectives by Michael Mandelbaum (1996)
"The cynical landgrab of a small loser nation, dressed in historical costume,
holds no clues for the behavior of its giant neighbor to the east. ..."
2. The Gael: A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Preservation and Cultivation of (1903)
"... the great Anglo-Norman landgrab which was made some thirty years before with
the steel-gloved hand. Very fair looked what of the district was visible, ..."
3. The Rhine: History and Legends of Its Castles, Abbeys, Monasteries, and Towns by W. O. von Horn (1872)
"... ran the so-called "landgrab"— (moat, ditch) which in itself obstructed the
approach to the ..."
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