encroach
Meanings
Verb
- to seize, appropriate
- to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory
- to advance gradually beyond due limits
Noun
Origin
- From Middle English encrochen, from Old French encrochier, from Old French en- + croc, of Germanic origin. More at crook.
Modern English dictionary
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