accroach

ac`croach´

    (ăk`krōch´)

v. t.	1.	To hook, or draw to one's self as with a hook.
	2.	To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives. They had attempted to accroach to themselves royal power. - Stubbs.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.