A synonym for "acquiring" is "getting" (but not necessarily buying). He was acquiring many properties but the police could not figure out how he was able to buy any of them since he was unemployed.
knowledge
The United States sent warships to intimidate both countries.
Acquisition means the act of acquiring, it also means something gained or acquired
The altitude gained by aerostats made them quite favorable platforms for the observation of ground features and movements of miltary assets.
When the Mexican government secularized authority in California, missionaries gained power.
Harriet Tubman.
Wisconsin, Oregon, and California
It was a US victory and it gained California and the American Southwest.
It was a US victory and it gained California and the American Southwest.
The US gained California and the American Southwest.
California