land-grabber
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of land-grabber
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Example Sentences
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One land-grabber, Alvim Souza Alves, was trying to sell a plot inside the Uru Eu Wau Wau indigenous reserve for about £16,400 in local currency.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2021
King Arthur loves Guinevere and tries to keep her from the clutches of Lancelot and a land-grabber.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2019
They call BB a cumulard, or land-grabber, and bewail the fact that in recent years the actress and 37 other wealthy city slickers?among them Movie ActorJean Gabin?have all staked out exurbanite estates in Orne.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was the Rockefeller of his time, the richest man in the United States, a promoter of stock companies, a land-grabber, an exploiter of mines and timber.
From Damn! A Book of Calumny by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)
"That was your mortgage" the land-grabber said wonderingly.
From The Long Chance by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
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