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One land-grabber, Alvim Souza Alves, was trying to sell a plot inside the Uru Eu Wau Wau indigenous reserve for about £16,400 in local currency.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2021

King Arthur loves Guinevere and tries to keep her from the clutches of Lancelot and a land-grabber.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2019

They call BB a cumulard, or land-grabber, and bewail the fact that in recent years the actress and 37 other wealthy city slickers?among them Movie ActorJean Gabin?have all staked out exurbanite estates in Orne.

From Time Magazine Archive

And as he gazed, almost sorrowfully, at the land-grabber, he puffed enjoyably at Carey's cigar.

From The Long Chance by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)

"Come out in the road where it ain't private ground owned by the old land-grabber," pleaded MacCracken.

From The Ramrodders A Novel by Day, Holman