'annexation' definitions:
Definition of 'annexation'
(from WordNet)
noun
Incorporation by joining or uniting [syn: annexation, appropriation]
noun
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"
Synonyms of 'annexation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstraction,
- accession,
- accessory,
- accompaniment,
- addenda,
- addendum,
- additament,
- addition,
- additive,
- additory,
- additum,
- adhesive,
- adjunct,
- adjunction,
- adjuvant,
- affixation,
- agglutination,
- angary,
- annex,
- annexure,
- appanage,
- appendage,
- appendant,
- appropriation,
- appurtenance,
- appurtenant,
- attachment,
- augment,
- augmentation,
- binding,
- bond,
- boosting,
- clasping,
- coda,
- collectivization,
- commandeering,
- communalization,
- communization,
- complement,
- concomitant,
- confiscation,
- continuation,
- conversion,
- conveyance,
- corollary,
- distraint,
- distress,
- embezzlement,
- eminent domain,
- execution,
- expropriation,
- extension,
- extrapolation,
- fastener,
- fastening,
- filching,
- fixture,
- fraud,
- garnishment,
- girding,
- graft,
- hooking,
- impoundment,
- impressment,
- increase,
- increment,
- joining,
- junction,
- juxtaposition,
- knot,
- lashing,
- levy,
- liberation,
- lifting,
- ligation,
- nationalization,
- offshoot,
- pendant,
- pilferage,
- pilfering,
- pinching,
- poaching,
- prefixation,
- reinforcement,
- right of angary,
- scrounging,
- sequestration,
- shoplifting,
- side effect,
- side issue,
- snatching,
- sneak thievery,
- snitching,
- socialization,
- splice,
- stealage,
- stealing,
- sticking,
- suffixation,
- superaddition,
- superfetation,
- superjunction,
- superposition,
- supplement,
- supplementation,
- swindle,
- swiping,
- tailpiece,
- theft,
- thievery,
- thieving,
- tieing,
- undergirding,
- uniting,
- zipping