Definder - what does the word mean?

What is Land Grab?

Gaining land through attacking in online strategy games such as Ambar.

Keep your troops home for now, we are gonna make a huge land grab in a little while.

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Land Grab - video

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Land Grab - what is it?

v. The amount of skin a drunk woman will allow a man to grope before she feels he has "gone too far".

I made out with Sheila at the bar, and it turned into a land grab, but she stopped me before I could get in her pants.

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What does "Land Grab" mean?

The disgusting girls that sailors scoop up at when they come ashore. Also can be used to describe any nasty girl a guy picked up at a bar.

"Dude, you were wasted last night. You should have seen the 'land grab' you were kissing!"

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Land Grab - what does it mean?

When you invade another country and take over... keeping their resources and obviously... land... for yourself.

This is what Israel DID NOT do considering that Israeli land was bought for England completely legally.

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Land Grab - meaning

What the US Government and other countries did to tribal peoples already living on the American continent.

Any appropriation of real estate that wasn't originally yours.

Joe used to have only five acres of property, but he made a huge land grab and now he has fifty.

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Land Grab - definition

Literally: grab for newly available land.
Figuratively: grab for control over anything not yet controlled.

Expression originated in 19th Century when West was available for anyone who wanted to claim land and settle on it.

Israel is being accused of a 'land grab' (Search for 'land grab' and Israel on Google Advanced).

Then it was used regarding those wanting to control airwaves and recently for those wanting to control Cyberspace.

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Land Grab - slang

In many online games, players manage countries. Examples: Monarchy, Utopia, Earth 2025. One way to aquire land is to attack a random opponent, taking some of their land. An attack with the purpose of land conquest is a landgrab.

Dammit! While I was away, Lord Wootsayediditagyn attacked me with a land grab, stealing 50 acres!

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Land Grab

The act of taking over land, either by force or cunning schemes. Usually there is conflict of some sort and one side is left unhappy.

Isreal. They are a recognized nation but siezed land from palestine to build it.

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Land Grab

The process of government acquisition of countries, usually in the context of money and power.

A series of land grabs in the Balkans provided the scene for what was to become World War 1.

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Land Grab

A drawing of a character, primarily in mainstream superhero comics, that interrupts your enjoyment of the narrative by being noticably traced from a pornographic or celebrity image. Named after the comic artist Greg Land, one of the main offenders.

"I was really enjoying that issue until Jean Grey had an orgasm as the result of being punched in the stomach, which seemed to turn her into Sandra Bullock for the next four panels. It's either a secondary mutation or a blatant land grab"

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