landgrabber

plural landgrabbers

1. IrelandespeciallyOne in the possession or occupancy of land from which another has been evicted; one who engages in a landgrab.

   Israel gained the reputation of being an intransigent, a landgrabber, whose final goal is to incorporate all or a great portion of the[…]

   1986, The Jerusalem Quarterly

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   To destroy the power of the landlord you must refuse to help him in his cruel work of eviction […] Don't buy anything from a landgrabber. [However,] If the landgrabber sends his children to school, don't drive them away.

   1886, Consul Willshire Butterfield, The University of Michigan, page 213

   They were not called upon either morally or legally to hold social intercourse with a notorious liar; and the sins of theft and falsehood were venial sins compared with the sin of the landgrabber, who, in coveting his neighbour's[…]

   1890, Great Britain. Special Commission to Inquire into Charges and Allegations Against Certain Members of Parliament and Others, Report of the Proceedings Before the Commissioners Appointed by the Act, page 100