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Accroachment — Ac*croach ment ([a^]k*kr[=o]ch ment), n. [Cf. F. accrochement.] An encroachment; usurpation. [Obs.] Bailey. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
accroachment — (əˈkrəʊtʃmənt) [a. Fr. accrochement, n. of action, f. accrocher; see accroach and ment.] The action of accroaching; usurpation; encroachment. In Phillips 1706, Bailey, Johnson, etc … Useful english dictionary
accroachment — n. robbing, plundering, taking without authority … English contemporary dictionary
accroach — accroachment, n. /euh krohch /, v.t. to assume to oneself without right or authority; usurp. [1275 1325; ME acrochen < AF a(c)crocher to catch hold of, seize, usurp, OF: deriv. of croc hook, CROOK1 ( < Gmc) with ac AC ; cf. ENCROACH] * * * … Universalium
Hanged, drawn and quartered — The execution of Hugh Despenser the Younger, as depicted in the Froissart of Louis of Gruuthuse To be hanged, drawn and quartered was from 1351 a penalty in England for men convicted of high treason, although the ritual was first recorded during… … Wikipedia
Повешение, потрошение и четвертование — Казнь Хью ле Диспенсера Младшего (1326). Миниатюра из … Википедия
appropriation — I (allotment) noun allocation, allowance, apportionment, budget, budgeting, concession, designation of use, dispensation, distribution, setting apart associated concepts: appropriation bill, appropriation for public use, appropriation of money,… … Law dictionary
annexation — n 1. attachment, connection, affixation, affixture; incorporation, inclusion, consolidation, combination, merger, merge, merging; juncture, joining, linking, union, uniting; supplementation, superaddition, enlargement, extension, expansion,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
appropriation — n 1. takeover, seizure, capture; expropriation, arrogation, assumption, usurpation, accroachment; confiscation, impoundment. 2. theft, stealing, thievery, pilferage, pilfering, Sl. swiping, Sl. hustling, Sl. copping; peculation, embezzlement,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
assumption — n 1. supposition, presupposition, premise, presumption; guess, guesswork, conjecture; surmise, inference, deduction, understanding; thesis, hypothesis, theory, postulate, postulation, axiom. 2. taking on or over, assuming, undertaking, adopting,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
