empire building

noun

Origin of empire building

First recorded in 1895–1900

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As agents of Nazi empire-building, these women were assigned the constructive work of the German “civilizing” process.
Hitler’s Killer Women Revealed in New History | Wendy Lower | October 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
It acquired Merrill Lynch in 2008 as part of the empire-building efforts of former CEO Kenneth Lewis.
Meet the Servicey New Dow | Daniel Gross | September 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The TSA has often spent more of its energy on bureaucratic empire building than in taking decisive action.
The Bomb Threat Under the Seats | Clive Irving | December 28, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
Sandy Weill: Did his empire building result in a company that was literally unmanageable?
The 7 Who Could Have Saved Citi | Duff McDonald | November 24, 2008 | THE DAILY BEAST
I'd a hope it meant something connected with Empire-building, and then Otty could have scored off him.
Foe-Farrell | Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Colonies are desired as bases of operation in the game of empire building by conquest.
The Psychology of Nations | G.E. Partridge
Raffles possessed the empire-building instinct, surely, and earned the honor of interment in Westminster Abbey.
East of Suez | Frederic Courtland Penfield
It will interest the politician as a chapter of Empire-building, in which the author himself has played no small part.
The Life of Johannes Brahms (Vol 2 of 2) | Florence May
Sir Henry Morgan played an important part in the stirring drama of Empire-building.
Wit and Wisdom of Lord Tredegar | Godfrey Charles Morgan

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