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landgrabber en · NOUN

Etymology

From land + grabber.

Meanings

1. (Ireland, especially) One in the possession or occupancy of land from which another has been evicted; one who engages in a landgrab.
   • They were not called upon either morally or legally to hold social intercourse with a notorious liar; and the sins of theft and falsehood were venial sins compared with the sin of the landgrabber, who, in coveting his neighbour's[…] 1890, Great Britain. Special Commission to Inquire into Charges and Allegations Against Certain Members of Parliament and Others, Report of the Proceedings Before the Commissioners Appointed by the Act, page 100:
   • To destroy the power of the landlord you must refuse to help him in his cruel work of eviction […] Don't buy anything from a landgrabber. [However,] If the landgrabber sends his children to school, don't drive them away. 1886, Consul Willshire Butterfield, The University of Michigan, page 213:
   • Israel gained the reputation of being an intransigent, a landgrabber, whose final goal is to incorporate all or a great portion of the[…] 1986, The Jerusalem Quarterly:

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