military control

English Thesaurus

1. the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power (noun.act)

hypernym	:	social control,
definition	:	control exerted (actively or passively) by group action (noun.act)

domain category	:	armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine,
definition	:	the military forces of a nation (noun.group)

derivation	:	invade, occupy,
definition	:	march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation (verb.competition)

derivation	:	invade, occupy,
definition	:	march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation (verb.competition)