colonising

verb

1. 1

   To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony.

2. 2

   To settle (a group of people, a species, or the like) in a place as a colony.

3. 3

   To settle among and establish control over (the indigenous people of an area).

4. 4

   To begin a colony or colonies.

5. 5

   (by extension) To intrude into and take over (the autonomy, experience, social movement, etc, of a less powerful person or group); to commandeer or appropriate.