annexation
英 [,?n?k'se??n; ,?nek'se??n]
美[,?n?k'se??n]
英英釋意
- 1. incorporation by joining or uniting
- 2. 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"