Encroachment
11encroachment — encroach ► VERB 1) (encroach on/upon) gradually intrude on (a person s territory, rights, etc.). 2) advance gradually beyond expected or acceptable limits: the sea has encroached all round the coast. DERIVATIVES encroachment noun. ORIGIN Old… …
12encroachment — noun see encroach …
13encroachment — /en krohch meuhnt/, n. 1. an act or instance of encroaching. 2. anything taken by encroaching. [1425 75; late ME encrochement < AF. See ENCROACH, MENT] * * * …
14encroachment — noun a) An entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion; incursion. b) An intrusion upon anothers possessions or rights; infringement. See Also: encroach …
15encroachment — 1. The landward advancement of saline waters into coastal aquifers [16]. 2. The displacement of clean water by pollutants [16] …
16encroachment — Synonyms and related words: adoption, appropriation, arrogation, assumption, entrance, entrenchment, impingement, imposition, incursion, infiltration, influx, infraction, infringement, injection, inroad, insinuation, interference, interjection,… …
17encroachment — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. infringement, invasion, trespass, inroad; see attack 1 , intrusion . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An advance beyond proper or legal limits: entrenchment, impingement, infringement, intrusion, obtrusion, trespass. See… …
18encroachment — en croach·ment || mÉ™nt n. infringement, trespass, intrusion, invasion …
19encroachment — n. Infringement, trespass, inroad, invasion …
20encroachment — n trespass, infringement, impingement, entrenchment, invasion, incursion, inroad, influx, infiltration; intrusion, obtrusion, irruption; arro gation, usurpation, seizure, overrunning; transgression, violation …
