annexation
an·ne·xa·tion
noun
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”
Origin
From Medieval Latin annexation-, stem of annexatio (“action of annexing”), from past participle of annecto.
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