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has gloss	(verb) take (territory) as if by conquest; "Hitler annexed Lithuania" annex
lexicalization	eng: annex
subclass of	(verb) seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died" arrogate, usurp, assume, seize, take over
has subclass	(verb) settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world; "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century" colonise, colonize