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Encroach

intrude to trench commonly with on or upon as to encroach on a neighbor to encroach on the highway

encroachment 1 : an act or instance of encroaching 2 :

Encroachment and unauthorised construction, there is a distinction between the two

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Encroachment. An unlawful gaining upon the possession of a neighbour. An

encroach [Anglo-French encrocher, probably alteration of acrocher to catch hold of,

Wrongful encroachment upon anothers property esp any encroachment upon or inclosure of

in·trud·ing vi 1 : to enter by intrusion 2 : encroach [a search that s on a person's privacy] vt :

found his waste by little and little to have been encroached upon, against the other, who had encroached, thereby to rectify

from in- in + frangere to break] vt : to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights

pith and substance' falls within a legislative entry, an incidental encroachment on an entry in another list does not affect its

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