Neo-colonize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To convert into a neo-colony. transitive

    "Africans need not continue to fear what they see and interpret as hidden American intentions to neo-colonize and further exploit their continent, directly or through proxies, lackeys, and ploys."

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"Africans need not continue to fear what they see and interpret as hidden American intentions to neo-colonize and further exploit their continent, directly or through proxies, lackeys, and ploys."

Etymology

From neo- + colonize.

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