grilagem

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From grilo +‎ -agem, due to the fact that the false documents are made to look old by having crickets in a container with the land titles. The insects would eat parts of the deeds and produce feces, giving the paper a yellowish appearance. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: gri‧la‧gem === Noun === grilagem f (plural grilagens) (Brazil) illicit land owning through false property titles (Brazil) a group or behavior related to such activity ==== Usage notes ==== Not to be confused with grilhagem (“chain of metal rings”). ==== Related terms ==== grileiro === Further reading === “grilagem”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “grilagem”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026