Words similar to annexed

Example sentences for: annexed

How can you use “annexed” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

If, after repeated warnings, a State was judged guilty of misgovernment, it was simply annexed by the Paramount Power — the British.
McLaren maintains that because Texas was illegally annexed, Texans are not U.S. citizens, have no obligation to obey federal laws, and are owed war reparations by the federal government.
Later, the island became part of the commercial empires of Pisa, Genoa, and the Spanish, and was annexed in 1718 by the dukes of Savoy.
When territory wasn’t acquired by conquest — Sind from Baluchi princes, Punjab and Kashmir from the Sikhs, Maharashtra and Delhi from the Marathas, or Assam from Burma — the British annexed it by so-called Principles of Lapse and Paramountcy.
Separatists intensified their campaign in January when the Indonesian president announced that there would be a referendum on autonomy or independence in East Timor, but the Straits Times observed, "Amputation is out because Aceh is unquestionably a part of Indonesia, unlike the former Portuguese colony East Timor it invaded and then annexed in 1976."