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1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 259 He may attack and seise the property of the aggressor nation.

1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. iv. i. 256 The king may, also, grant..permissions to any of his subjects who may have suffered from foreign depredations to make reprisals, that is, to take and seize the property of any of the subjects of the aggressor nation.

1896 Albany Law Jrnl. 18 Apr. 251/1 The Monroe doctrine relates to forcible imposition of an European political system over an area which admittedly does not belong to the aggressor State.

1930 S. O. Levinson in E. R. A. Seligman Encycl. Soc. Sci. (1935) I. 485/2 In both the American Revision and the Protocol an attempt was made to base the definition of an ‘aggressor nation’ on refusal of arbitration.

1940 King George VI in Times Weekly 27 Nov. 11/1 My peoples and My Allies are united in their resolve to continue the fight against the aggressor nations until freedom is made secure.

1941 Spectator 5 Sept. 225/1 Great Britain, left to face the aggressor States alone..was keeping the enemy at bay.

1961 J. Toland But not in Shame Prol. p. xi The interventionists..were convinced their country's future and ultimate safety depended on helping the democracies crush the aggressor nations.

2010 Independent 23 Apr. (Viewspaper section) 6/1 That most sincere and caring dude who managed to turn this country into an international aggressor state.