In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
ANNEXATION
annexation
(noun) the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation; “the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896”; “a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation”
annexation, appropriation
(noun) incorporation by joining or uniting
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
annexation (countable and uncountable, plural annexations)
Addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed.
(legal) A legal merging of a territory into another body.
Synonyms
• annexion (obsolete)
Antonyms
• separation
Source: Wiktionary
An`nex*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. annexation. See Annex, v. t.]
1. The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold.
2. (a) (Law) The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture. Bouvier. (b) (Scots Law) The appropriation of lands or rents to the crown. Wharton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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