encroach

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(ĕn-krōch') pronunciation
intr.v., -croached, -croach·ing, -croach·es.
  1. To take another's possessions or rights gradually or stealthily: encroach on a neighbor's land.
  2. To advance beyond proper or former limits: desert encroaching upon grassland.
  3. Football. To commit encroachment.

[Middle English encrochen, to seize illegally, from Old French encrochier, to seize : en-, in; see en-1 + croc, hook (of Germanic origin).]

encroacher en·croach'er n.

To intrude gradually upon the rights or property of another.
An encroachment is any infringement on the property or authority of another.

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Definition: invade another's property, business
Antonyms: keep off

To gain unlawfully upon the lands, property, or authority of another; to intrude slowly or gradually upon the rights or property of another.
82 N.Y.S. 961, 964. An encroachment is any infringement on the property or authority of another. Id.
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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - krænke, trænge ind på, gøre indgreb i, begå overgreb

Nederlands (Dutch)
binnendringen, opdringen, de normale grenzen overtreden

Français (French)
v. intr. - s'introduire dans, empiéter sur

Deutsch (German)
v. - vordringen, eindringen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - σφετερίζομαι, οικειοποιούμαι, καταπατώ, καταχρώμαι, κάνω κατάχρηση (ανοχής κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
invadere, abusare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - transgredir

Русский (Russian)
вторгаться, посягать, выходить за пределы

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - usurpar, meterse, inmiscuirse, invadir, pasar los límites

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - inkräkta, göra intrång

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
侵犯, 蚕食, 侵蚀

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 侵犯, 蠶食, 侵蝕

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 침입하다, 침식하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 侵入する, 侵害する, 浸食する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينتهك, يختلس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮הסיג גבול, פלש, התקדם מעבר לגבול‬


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