Associations to the word «Annexation»

Wiktionary

ANNEXATION, noun. Addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed.
ANNEXATION, noun. (legal) A legal merging of a territory into another body.

Dictionary definition

ANNEXATION, noun. Incorporation by joining or uniting.
ANNEXATION, noun. The formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation; "the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896"; "a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation".

Wise words

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