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encroachment
adoption, assumption, impingement, infiltration, infringement, insinuation, interloping, interruption, invasion, overstepping, trespass, usurpation
Definition
n.
any entry into an area not previously occupied
Last update: October 3, 2015
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This new procedure, we may imagine, was resented by the northern Hebrews as an
encroachment
upon their liberties.
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To the
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of the sea was added the flooding resulting from an abnormally rainy winter.
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With a shrug of his broad shoulders he dismissed what seemed an
encroachment
of pessimistic thought.
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Addresses were printed and circulated calling on the people to arm themselves, and resist unlawful
encroachment
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Was this some new
encroachment
upon his rights and his liberties.
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This acts as a dam against
encroachment
of the river except in the highest floods.
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The Whigs are opposing executive
encroachment
and a most alarming extension of executive power and prerogative.
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