landgrab
Aggressive property acquisition
A landgrab is a swift, aggressive acquisition of territory or resources, often by force or questionable means.
Originally literal—seizing land from indigenous peoples or during colonial expansion—the term now applies figuratively to any aggressive takeover: a corporate landgrab for market share, a landgrab for streaming rights.
Also spelled land grab.
Absorbing territory into jurisdiction
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- encroachmentGradual intrusion on territory
- border disputeDisagreement over territorial limits
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
claim · dispossession · frontier · demarcation · buffer zone · contested · jurisdiction · boundary
Extending dominion over others
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- subjugationForcing into submission
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
missionaries · settlers · protectorate · dominion · native peoples · scramble for Africa · reservation · treaty violation
Act of obtaining something
- hostile takeoverUnwanted corporate buyout attempt
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- real estateLand and its structures
- developmentProgress toward maturity
gentrification · displacement · rezoning · eviction · predatory · investment · developers · privatization
Agricultural terrain
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- agribusinessCommercial farming sector
- smallholderFarmer of limited land
- monocultureSingle-crop agricultural system
plantation · deforestation · pastureland · water rights · irrigation · grazing rights · enclosure · commons
Preemptive web address registration
- namespaceIdentifier collision prevention container
- trademarkRegistered commercial identifier
- usernameAccount identification string
- data miningExtracting insights from datasets
market share · tech giants · bandwidth · mining rights · resource extraction · virtual real estate · NFT · metaverse
annexation
Absorbing territory into jurisdiction
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- encroachmentGradual intrusion on territory
- border disputeDisagreement over territorial limits
sovereignty · claim · dispossession · frontier · demarcation · buffer zone · contested · jurisdiction · boundary · zoning
imperialism
Extending dominion over others
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- subjugationForcing into submission
plantation · missionaries · settlers · protectorate · dominion · native peoples · scramble for Africa · reservation · treaty violation · dispossession
acquisition
Act of obtaining something
- hostile takeoverUnwanted corporate buyout attempt
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- real estateLand and its structures
development · gentrification · displacement · rezoning · eviction · predatory · investment · developers · privatization · consolidation
farmland
Agricultural terrain
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- agribusinessCommercial farming sector
- smallholderFarmer of limited land
monoculture · plantation · deforestation · pastureland · water rights · irrigation · grazing rights · enclosure · commons · subsistence
cybersquatting
Preemptive web address registration
- namespaceIdentifier collision prevention container
- trademarkRegistered commercial identifier
- usernameAccount identification string
data mining · market share · tech giants · bandwidth · mining rights · resource extraction · virtual real estate · NFT · metaverse · URL
landgrabpurchase
Goods obtained for payment
land purchase · eminent domain · treaty · land deal · compensation
landgrabcession
Formal transfer of territory
decolonization · abandonment · divestiture · relinquishment · surrender
landgrabconservation
Preventing waste or loss
stewardship · land preservation · protection · land trust · rewilding