landgrab means A landrush. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
noun
- A landrush.“Of course, every big media company is buying digital properties — in a landgrab either for audience or bragging rights.”
verb
- To acquire land that one does not have a right to possess.“American, Japanese and European multinational corporations continue to landgrab tens of thousands of hectares of land for their agribusiness and plunder Mindanao's natural resources.”