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landgrabbing

landgrabbing is the present participle and gerund of landgrab.

Meaning of landgrab

Verb

landgrab (third-person singular simple present landgrabs, present participle landgrabbing, simple past and past participle landgrabbed)

  1. (transitive) To acquire land that one does not have a right to possess.
    • American, Japanese and European multinational corporations continue to landgrab tens of thousands of hectares of land for their agribusiness and plunder Mindanao's natural resources.1986, IDOC Internazionale - Volume 17, page 27

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Questions about landgrabbing

What is landgrabbing the present participle and gerund of?
Landgrabbing is the present participle and gerund of landgrab.

Words near landgrabbing in the dictionary

  1. Landgraaf
  2. landgrab
  3. landgrabbed
  4. landgrabber
  5. landgrabbers
  6. landgrabbing
  7. landgrabs
  8. landgraf
  9. landgrafs
  10. landgravate
  11. landgravates

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