colonization
noun
the act, on the part of a nation or government, of claiming and forcibly taking control of territory other than its own, usually sending or allowing its own people to settle there.
self-colonization
-
a word derived from
colonization.
Example Sentences
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Britain has the world’s highest known density of urban foxes, the result of their self-colonization in cities here since the 1930s.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2014
