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land-grabber†
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a person who buys up large amounts of land usually intending to profit by speculation.
Quotations
1871
The resources of the colony are not playthings for the amusement or profit of a clique composed of island land-grabbers.
1908
. . . it struck him during his visit that some light or cursory account of what he saw, written by one who is in no way interested in either the refined art of the land grabber or the modest and veracious employment of the land agent, might be of interest to eastern Canadians. . . .