colonize
verb
[ ˈkɒlənʌɪz ]
• send settlers to (a place) and establish political control over it.
• "the Greeks colonized Sicily and southern Italy"
Similar:
settle (in),
establish a colony in,
people,
populate,
pioneer,
open up,
found,
overrun,
occupy,
take over,
seize,
capture,
take possession of,
annex,
subjugate,
hegemonize,
Opposite:
leave,
grant independence to,
