അർത്ഥം : Incorporation by joining or uniting.
പര്യായപദങ്ങൾ : appropriation
അർത്ഥം : The formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation.
ഉദാഹരണം :
The French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896.
A protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation.