empire building

the plans, activities, achievements, etc., of an empire builder.

Origin of empire building

First recorded in 1895–1900

It acquired Merrill Lynch in 2008 as part of the empire-building efforts of former CEO Kenneth Lewis.

Meet the Servicey New Dow |Daniel Gross |September 10, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
As agents of Nazi empire-building, these women were assigned the constructive work of the German “civilizing” process.

Hitler’s Killer Women Revealed in New History |Wendy Lower |October 6, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
I'd a hope it meant something connected with Empire-building, and then Otty could have scored off him.

Foe-Farrell |Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
The historic and time-honored art of empire-building is the only art they know.

The Psychology of Nations |G.E. Partridge

It feeds on strange things like empire-building on a Balkan dung-heap, and purity, and—oh, all sorts of things.'

Captain Macedoine's Daughter |William McFee
Sir Henry Morgan played an important part in the stirring drama of Empire-building.

Wit and Wisdom of Lord Tredegar |Godfrey Charles Morgan
Raffles possessed the empire-building instinct, surely, and earned the honor of interment in Westminster Abbey.

East of Suez |Frederic Courtland Penfield