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