Annexation: Acquisition of a state's territory by another state
Annexation (Latin: ad to and nexus joining) is the one-sided forceful takeover, such as military occupation, of one state's territory by another.
Related pages
- Anschluss (World War II, Austria merged to Nazi Germany)
- Republic of Texas annexed to United States
- Colonization
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