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encroachment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | impact, impingement |
| Type of | influence |
| Derivation | encroach |
encroachment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | intrusion, trespass, usurpation, violation |
| Type of | actus reus, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct |
| Has types | inroad |
| Derivation | encroach |
Examples of encroachment
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The Everglades National Park in Florida has also experienced urban encroachment.
From the forbes.com
How long the oak can withstand encroachment is anyone's guess, Ross-Ibarra said.
From the latimes.com
Elsewhere, Democrats remain confounded by Republican encroachment on their turf.
From the stltoday.com
Republicans consider the programmes to be unacceptable government encroachment.
From the bbc.co.uk
Tree locations are generally too shady and allow for encroachment by predators.
From the sfgate.com
This is resented by many Uighurs as yet another encroachment on their traditions.
From the economist.com
For Horthy, Hitler served as a bulwark against Soviet encroachment or invasion.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The government did not enforce the treaty against European-American encroachment.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Another way to think of that encroachment average is to look at your property.
From the ocregister.com
- Invasion: any entry into an area not previously occupied; "an invasion of tourists"; "an invasion of locusts"
- Trespass: entry to another's property without right or permission
- Impingement: influencing strongly; "they resented the impingement of American values on European culture"
- (encroach) advance beyond the usual limit
- (encroach) impinge: impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"
- Encroaching(a): gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists"; "trespassing hunters"
- In American football and Canadian football, a penalty is a sanction called against a team for a violation of the rules, called a foul. Officials initially signal penalties by tossing a bright yellow colored "penalty flag" onto the field toward or at the spot of a foul. ...
- An entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion; incursion; An intrusion upon another's possessions or rights; infringement; That which is gained by such unlawful intrusion; An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another
- (encroach) Encroachment; to seize, appropriate; to intrude unrightfully on someone else's rights or territory; to advance gradually beyond due limits
