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Meanings of encroachment in English

Portuguese
intrusão
Catalan
intrusió
Spanish
invasión

Entry to another's property without right or permission.

        intrusão
        Portuguese
        usurpação
        Catalan
        intrusió

        Influencing strongly.

              usurpação
              Usage of encroachment in English
              1
              It documents the encroachment of modern values on a resistant Irish countryside.
              The Irish Times
              2
              The Declaration of Independence meant war against the ever-growing encroachment of despotism.
              Woman and the Republic / A Survey of the Woman-Suffrage Movement...
              3
              There is no intention of encroachment on the part of the encroachers.
              The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated / In Nine Disco...
              4
              Truth is sensitive and jealous of the least encroachment of its sacredness.
              Leaves of Life, for Daily Inspiration
              5
              Thus, for a long time, nature overlooks the encroachment and profanity of-man.
              Excursions
              6
              Farming not only added nothing but made encroachment on his small stipend.
              Poems Chiefly from Manuscript
              7
              The English Government considered M. de Giers' explanation of this encroachment unsatisfactory.
              Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute
              8
              Mankind won't stand it much longer, this encroachment of the humane spirit.
              The Whirlpool
              9
              PC language is widely viewed as an encroachment on individual freedom.
              The Guardian
              10
              To a person they were upset about the corporation's recent encroachment.
              The unincorporated man
              11
              For the clak-claks vociferously and loudly resented encroachment on their chosen hunting territory.
              Storm Over Warlock
              12
              How far the amendment constitutes a federal encroachment on state power.
              Our Changing Constitution
              13
              Thus warned, the government considered this action an encroachment of its own authority.
              An Old Maid
              14
              In his letter, Beckstrom criticized the NSA's encroachment on DHS territory.
              Wired
              15
              Church courts became corrupt, but jealously guarded their jurisdiction from temporal court encroachment.
              Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
              16
              Rapid progress and present extent of federal encroachment on state power.
              Our Changing Constitution
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              United States of America
              Common
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              Common