colonise

verb4

1. •
   To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony.

   • When you are colonized by dangerous bacteria their presence in your body does no damage. You become a reservoir for those little stinkers. — 2011
2. •
   To begin a colony or colonies.
3. •
   To settle among and establish control over (the indigenous people of an area).

   • The administration finally sent a naval vessel to return the 368 survivors to the United States in 1864. This ended official efforts to colonize blacks. — 1988
4. •
   To intrude into and take over (the autonomy, experience, social movement, etc, of a less powerful person or group); to commandeer or appropriate.

   • What disservice would be done if issues regarding sexualities in organisations were side-lined by a heteronormative impetus to colonise queer theory? — 2011