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verb-intransitive. To take another's possessions or rights gradually or stealthily: encroach on a neighbor's land.

verb-intransitive. To advance beyond proper or former limits: desert encroaching upon grassland.

verb-intransitive. Football To commit encroachment.

v. to seize, appropriate

v. to intrude unrightfully on someone else's rights or territory

v. to advance gradually beyond due limits

n. Encroachment.

verb-intransitive. To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; -- commonly with on or upon

n. Encroachment.

To seize; take; take possession of; get; obtain.

To enter, intrude, or trespass upon the possessions, jurisdiction, rights, province, domain, or limits of some other person or thing; infringe upon or restrict another's right in any way; specifically, in law, to extend one's possession of land so as to transgress the boundary between it and the rightful possession or enjoyment of another or of the public: with on or upon before the object.

Figuratively, to intrude gradually; lay hold, as if by stealth or irresistible power: with on or upon before the object: as, old age is encroaching upon me.

Synonyms Trench upon, infringe upon, etc. (see trespass, v. i.); to invade, violate, creep upon.

n. The act of encroaching; encroachment.

v. impinge or infringe upon

v. advance beyond the usual limit

"Q: Local authorities issue bonds, partake in joint ventures, lend to SME's - in short, encroach on turf previously exclusively occupied by banks, the capital markets, and business."

encroached    encroachement    encroaches    encroaching   

take advantage    trespass    progress    pass on    move on    march on    go on    advance   

encroacher    encroachment   

trespass    trench    invade    infringe    intrude    encroachment    advanced    accroach    usurp   

Roach    approach    broach    brooch    caroche    coach    poach    reproach    roach    roche