annexation

Noun
  1. Incorporation by joining or uniting (synset 100374226)
    hypernym: incorporation - including by incorporating
    synonym: appropriation
  2. The formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation (synset 100079356)
    "the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896"; "a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation"
    hypernym: acquisition - the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something

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