Annexation
WordNet

noun


(1)   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"
(2)   Incorporation by joining or uniting
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Noun


  1. the act of annexing, or territories that have been annexed
  2. the legal merging of a territory into another body
 
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