annexation

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Definition

noun incorporation by joining or uniting
noun the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation

From Medieval Latin annexation-, stem of annexatio (“action of annexing”), from past participle of annecto.

"Are you sure he's really on the annexation side?" — Lone Star Planet, H. Beam Piper
The British annexation of Cape Colony occurred at an unfortunate time. — Impressions of South Africa, James Bryce, Viscount Bryce
There would be no indemnities, no reprisals, no annexations nor disavowals. — The Loyalist: A Story of the American Revolution, James Francis Barrett

appropriation

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