What is the meaning of annexation?

noun

  • Incorporation by joining or uniting.
  • The formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation.
    • usage: "the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896"; "a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation"
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