Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

المُغتصب

English translation:

aggressor

Added to glossary by Assem Mazloum
Aug 18, 2008 06:21
15 yrs ago
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Arabic term

المُغتصب

Arabic to English Social Sciences Government / Politics
أصبح هناك مشكلة ما بين الشعب العربي بكل طوائفه وبكل أقاليمه المتعددة بينه و بين المُغتصب أيّاً
كان المُغتصب

Here, the text is talking about countries who have illegally taken other countries' land... I can't find the right word though. The best I can think of is usurper... but there's got to be a better option.
Change log

Aug 18, 2008 10:56: Assem Mazloum Created KOG entry

Discussion

Heather Shaw (asker) Aug 18, 2008:
It is referring to occupations, however, in this sense the text requires a word that gives the sense of committing a criminal act in occupying the lands of others - taking them by force without right to do so.
Assem Mazloum Aug 18, 2008:
hello Heather, are we talking occupation here or persons or powers (e.g: usurpers), like in coups etc...?

Proposed translations

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aggressor/aggression

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occupier/occupation

الاغتصاب هنا بمعنى الاحتلال والاستعمار
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occupier

the text is talking about the several occupation of land of the arab world in the 20th centry .. like the British or French occupation and lately the Israel occupation of palestine
Example sentence:

لقد طغى علينا المغتصب المحتل

المغتصب لأراضي الغير يسمى محتل

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conqueror

the text talks about occupation

here are some synonyms in different lingual variants so learn how to be selective:

raider, aggressor, assailant, assailer, assaulter, attacker, depredator, despoiler, forager, forayer, freebooter, looter, marauder, mugger, pillager, plunderer, rapparee, ravager, ravisher, reiver, rifler, sacker, spoiler, spoliator, wrecker
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agree Mahmoud Rayyan
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Usurper (of the land)

Peer comment(s):

agree Mohsin Alabdali
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those who had wrested the land from them

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extorted

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