encroachment

en·croach·ment (

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1. The act or an instance of encroaching.

2. Football A violation of the rules in which a player enters the neutral zone and makes contact with an opponent prior to the snap of the ball.

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Noun	1.	encroachment - any entry into an area not previously occupied; "an invasion of tourists"; "an invasion of locusts" intrusion, invasion entering, entrance - a movement into or inward
	2.	encroachment - entry to another's property without right or permission usurpation, trespass, violation, intrusion actus reus, wrongful conduct, misconduct, wrongdoing - activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied any wrongdoing" inroad - an encroachment or intrusion; "they made inroads in the United States market"
	3.	encroachment - influencing strongly; "they resented the impingement of American values on European culture" impingement, impact influence - causing something without any direct or apparent effort

encroachment

noun intrusion, invasion, violation, infringement, trespass, incursion, usurpation, inroad, impingement This is a sign of the encroachment of commercialism in medicine.

Translations

encroachment [ɪnˈkrəʊtʃmənt] N → usurpación f (on de) this new encroachment on our liberty → esta nueva usurpación de nuestra libertad

encroachment [ɪnˈkrəʊtʃmənt] n (onto land, territory) → empiètement m; (onto rights) → empiètement m

encroachment

n (on land) → Vordringen nt; (on rights) → Eingriff m; (on privileges) → Übergriff m; (on time) → Beanspruchung f

encroachment [ɪnˈkrəʊtʃmənt] n → violazione f

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Accroachment actus reus aggression Dinwiddie encroach Encroachingly entering Hunkpapa impingement inroad intrusion invasion Purpresture Red Jacket Teton transgression trespass usurpation violation	He returns to call to a fearful reckoning, those who, during his absence, have done aught that can be construed offence or encroachment upon either the laws of the land or the privileges of the crown. Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context The tradition was broken, the Brownon estates passed into alien hands and the only Brownons remaining in that place were underground in Oak Hill Cemetery, where, indeed, was a colony of them powerful enough to resist the encroachment of surrounding tribes and hold the best part of the grounds. Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context Was this some new encroachment upon his rights and his liberties? Tarzan the Untamed by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context	encounter group Encounterer encourage encouraged encouragement Encourager encouraging encouragingly Encowl Encradle Encratism Encratite Encrease Encrimson Encrinic encrinite Encrinitic Encrinoidea Encrinus Encrisped encroach encroach upon Encroacher encroaching Encroachingly encroachment encrust encrustation encrusted encrustment encrypt encrypted encryption enculturation encumber encumbered Encumberment encumbrance encumbrancer Encurtain Encyclia Encyclia citrina Encyclia tampensis Encyclia venosa encyclic encyclical encyclical letter encyclop(a)edia encyclopaedia encyclopaedic encyclopaedism	ENCRESS encrimson encrinal limestone Encrinic Encrinite Encrinite Encrinitic Encrinoidea Encrinus Encrisped encroach encroach encroach encroach encroach encroach on encroach upon encroach upon encroached encroached encroached upon encroacher encroacher encroachers encroachers encroaches encroaches encroaching encroaching Encroachingly encroachment encroachments encroachments encroachments encroachments encrust encrust encrustation encrustation encrustation encrustations encrustations encrusted encrusted encrusting encrusting encrustment encrusts encrusts encrypt encrypt encrypt encrypt encrypt Encrypt for Transmission Only encrypted encrypted encrypted encrypted Encrypted Baseband Data Recording Subsystem Encrypted Basic Interoperable Scrambling System

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Accroachment
actus reus
aggression
Dinwiddie
encroach
Encroachingly
entering
Hunkpapa
impingement
inroad
intrusion
invasion
Purpresture
Red Jacket
Teton
transgression
trespass
usurpation
violation

He returns to call to a fearful reckoning, those who, during his absence, have done aught that can be construed offence or encroachment upon either the laws of the land or the privileges of the crown.

Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context

The tradition was broken, the Brownon estates passed into alien hands and the only Brownons remaining in that place were underground in Oak Hill Cemetery, where, indeed, was a colony of them powerful enough to resist the encroachment of surrounding tribes and hold the best part of the grounds.

Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

Was this some new encroachment upon his rights and his liberties?

Tarzan the Untamed by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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