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