land-grabbern.
/ˈlan(d)ˌɡrabə/, U.S. /ˈlæn(d)ˌɡræbər/ One who grabs or seizes upon land (landed property or territory), esp. in an unfair or underhand manner; spec. in reference to Irish agrarian agitation, a man who takes a farm from which a tenant has been evicted.
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the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > appropriation > without right > of land > one who
land-grabber1860
1860 Richmond (Va.) Enquirer 7 Aug. 1/7 Is not John Bell an outrageous land-grabber?
1872 Goldw. Smith in Fortn. Rev. Mar. 254 The great Elizabethan mansions..are the graceful monuments of the Tudor land-grabbers.
1880 Times 24 Nov. 6/1 The holding had been taken by a land-grabber.
1883 Nonconformist & Independent 28 Dec. 1176/2 Filibustering operations of ‘land-grabbers’ in New Guinea.
Derivatives
ˈland-ˌgrabbing n. the action or practice of a land-grabber.
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the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > appropriation > without right > of land
land-grabbing1880
1880 Daily Tel. 27 Oct. To protest against land grabbing.
1887 Spectator 3 Sept. 1169 ‘Land-grabbing’ as it is called,—i.e., the taking of land from which another has been evicted.
ˈland-ˌgrabbing adj.
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1884 M. Hickson Ireland in 17th Cent. I. Introd. 6 That selfish, land grabbing spirit.
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land-grabber
land-grabber n. used chiefly in Ireland as a term of reproach for one who takes a holding from which another has been evicted.extracted from grabbern.<
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