Encroach
21encroach — [ɪnˈkrəʊtʃ] verb encroach on sth …
22encroach upon — index violate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
23encroach on/upon — gradually intrude on (a person s territory, rights, etc.). → encroach …
24encroach upon — verb to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate (Freq. 1) This new colleague invades my territory The neighbors intrude on your privacy • Syn: ↑intrude on, ↑invade, ↑obtrude upon • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
25encroach — intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English encrochen to get, seize, from Anglo French encrocher, from en + croc, croche hook more at crochet Date: 1528 1. to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another 2. to… …
26encroach — encroacher, n. /en krohch /, v.i. 1. to advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits; make gradual inroads: A dictatorship of the majority is encroaching on the rights of the individual. 2. to trespass upon the property, domain, or rights… …
27encroach — [14] Something that encroaches on something else literally seizes it with its ‘hooks’. The word was borrowed from Old French encrochier ‘catch in a hook’, hence ‘seize’. This was a compound formed from the prefix en and croc ‘hook’ (source of… …
28encroach — en·croach || ɪn krəʊtʃ v. advance beyond proper limits, infringe, trespass, intrude, invade …
29encroach on — v. infringe on …
30encroach — cochrane …