Definition of "land-grabber" [land-grabber]

• One who grabs or seizes land; one who gets possession of another's land by trick or device, or by force; especially, one who possesses himself of public land by means contrary to the spirit of the law; one who seizes large tracts of land rapaciously and unfairly. (noun)
• Specifically, in Ireland, one who buys or rents land from which another has been evicted. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Since he has extended his operations from his native country to our own free soil the land-grabber should be examined under the microscope of history analytically, impartially, and truthfully."
• "The unnaturalized foreigner threatens us with other dangers than those which would be created by our indigenous American land-grabber."
• "But suppose that all the land is bought up by one land-grabber; and there will only be one huge plot and one huge placard."