In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
LANDGRAB
Etymology
Noun
landgrab (plural landgrabs)
A landrush.
Verb
landgrab (third-person singular simple present landgrabs, present participle landgrabbing, simple past and past participle landgrabbed)
To acquire land that one does not have a right to possess.
Source: Wiktionary
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