conquest

After 1909, Secretary of State Philander Knox, one of the founders of the United States Steel Corporation, pursued a program of "dollar diplomacy" that promoted American power through overseas investments rather than territorial conquests.

As M23 rejoices over a major conquest, the Congolese government continues to refute the rebels' claim that they have totally captured Goma.

The loot of conquest was lavished on his great imperial temple, known today as the Brihadishvara.

He added that "our canal's sovereignty is not negotiable and is part of our history of struggle and an irreversible conquest".

In other words, as Trump at least partly comprehends, the colorful histories of both Panama and Greenland, although radically different in many ways, are inextricably connected to the 500-year history of conquest, colonialism and imperialism.