encroach

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.

v

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

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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.

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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