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• n  incorporation by joining or uniting
• n  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

• Already ensconced in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia (whose annexation by Russia is now virtually recognized by the other great powers), Russia now dominates the Baltic.
• While the old Prince assured his 10,200 German-speaking subjects that he had abdicated because of his age, observers opined that apprehension over possible annexation by his new .
• Intimidation has been a tragic fact of life in East Timor since its forcible 1975 annexation by Indonesia, but the sharp escalation of brutality this month has even battle-weary .

• appropriation

News & Articles

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• Council to set public hearings for annexation
  The Nacogdoches City Council is expected to set public-hearing dates on Tuesday for the annexation of business and residential properties west of FM 1275.
  June 17, 2013 - The Daily Sentinel
• Casper considers northwest growth boundaries, annexation
  With ever-increasing growth in Casper and the surrounding communities, the city is considering its first boundary agreement with Mills since the 1980s and preparing the Salt Creek Heights Business Park for eventual annexation.
  June 17, 2013 - Casper Star-Tribune
• Editorial: Annexation agency must fix dysfuction, but it won't be cheap
  The dysfuction in the agency that handles annexations in Shasta County will have real consequences if it isn't cleaned up, but it's hard to believe that can happen on the cheap.
  June 17, 2013 - The Record Searchlight

Quotes

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• P Chidambaram in The Hindu
  No matter what happens, we will never reconcile with the fact of annexation or indeed separation of parts of territory from Georgia; with the attempt to legalize ethnic cleansing; and with the attempts to bring Georgia to its knees and undermine... Mikhail Saakashvili http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGp60pGO33XCQ4lIrcj1d_0WssZ7Q TIME http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1833464,00.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFjDNklDrcDwzmHq1u1OPbypVfWiw Aug 17, 2008 3965 5932 annexation Their weapons are mayhem and violence, and their goal is forcible annexation of Kashmir. Let me make it clear that these dark forces will not succeed in their designs," Mr. Chidambaram said.
• Gamal Abdel Nasser in FOXNews
  This wall is not about security. It is about entrenching the occupation and the de facto annexation of large areas of the Palestinian land,the chief Palestinian delegate, Nasser Al-Kidwa, told the tribunal.