1. annexation - Noun
2. annexation - Verb
The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold.
The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture. Bouvier. (b) (Scots Law) The appropriation of lands or rents to the crown.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe silent annexation is ongoing. The Democratic Progressive Party's loss of power might be tolerable, but the loss of sovereignty in our time would be an irreversible mistake that would jeopardize future generations. Annette Lu
We work very closely together on the issue of annexation of Crimea and Russia's attempt to actually conquer Ukraine. And actually they did so -- conquered part of the territory. We tried to come to a peaceful settlement here on this. Angela Merkel
Annexation is probably the most valuable tool a city has to ensure orderly growth and development. Jeff Hawkins
Von Papen, pious agent of an infidel regime, held the stirrup while Hitler vaulted into the saddle, lubricated the Austrian annexation and devoted his diplomatic cunning to the service of Nazi objectives abroad. Franz von Papen
Ever since the destruction of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258, the Muslim world has been in slow decline relative to the west. With Napoleon's invasion of Egypt and the creeping British annexation of Muslim India, that decline took on a malign aspect. James Buchan
the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896 Source: Internet