land-grabber

[ land-grab-er ]

noun

1. a person who seizes land illegally or underhandedly.

Word History and Origins

Origin of land-grabber¹

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Example Sentences

If a man had not taken land himself, he might have worked for some one who had, or bought cattle from a land-grabber.

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Your plant is a land-grabber of Rob Roy proclivities; it believes in a fair fight and no favour.

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In consequence Connell was regarded by the National League here as a ‘land-grabber.’

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It's a favorite trick of our anti-British friends to call England a "land-grabber."

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The word "land-grabber" has been passed to him by German and Sinn Fein propaganda, and he merely parrots it forth.

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