Colonise

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  • verb. To settle (somewhere) with colonists.
  • verb. To settle (a species, group of people, or the like) in a new place as a colony.
  • verb. To begin a new colony.
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  • verb. settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world
  • verb. settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)
  • Word Usage
    "That party is the far-right Freedom Party (PVV), of Geert Wilders, the populist firebrand behind the anti-Islamic film Fitna, who has accused Muslims of trying to "colonise" his country."