Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who grabs or seizes land; one who gets possession of another's land by trick or device, or by force; especially, one who possesses himself of public land by means contrary to the spirit of the law; one who seizes large tracts of land rapaciously and unfairly.
- noun Specifically, in Ireland, one who buys or rents land from which another has been evicted.
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Examples
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Since he has extended his operations from his native country to our own free soil the land-grabber should be examined under the microscope of history analytically, impartially, and truthfully.
Black and White T. Thomas Fortune 2007
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The unnaturalized foreigner threatens us with other dangers than those which would be created by our indigenous American land-grabber.
Black and White T. Thomas Fortune 2007
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But suppose that all the land is bought up by one land-grabber; and there will only be one huge plot and one huge placard.
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The unnaturalized foreigner threatens us with other dangers than those which would be created by our indigenous American land-grabber.
Black and White T. Thomas Fortune 2007
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The unnaturalized foreigner threatens us with other dangers than those which would be created by our indigenous American land-grabber.
Black and White T. Thomas Fortune 2007
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Since he has extended his operations from his native country to our own free soil the land-grabber should be examined under the microscope of history analytically, impartially, and truthfully.
Black and White T. Thomas Fortune 2007
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Since he has extended his operations from his native country to our own free soil the land-grabber should be examined under the microscope of history analytically, impartially, and truthfully.
Black and White T. Thomas Fortune 2007
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The unnaturalized foreigner threatens us with other dangers than those which would be created by our indigenous American land-grabber.
Black and White T. Thomas Fortune 2007
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The unnaturalized foreigner threatens us with other dangers than those which would be created by our indigenous American land-grabber.
Black and White T. Thomas Fortune 2007
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Since he has extended his operations from his native country to our own free soil the land-grabber should be examined under the microscope of history analytically, impartially, and truthfully.
Black and White T. Thomas Fortune 2007
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