"encroachment" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪŋˈkɹoʊt͡ʃmənt/, /ɛŋˈkɹoʊt͡ʃmənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-encroachment.wav Forms: encroachments [plural]
Etymology: From encroach + -ment. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|encroach|ment}} encroach + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} encroachment (usually uncountable, plural encroachments)
  1. An entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion; incursion. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon): aantasting [feminine] (Dutch), afslijting [feminine] (Dutch), overschrijding [feminine] (Dutch), tunkeutuminen (Finnish), Vorrücken [neuter] (German), Vordringen [neuter] (German), Eindringen [neuter] (German), Eindringung [feminine] (German), behatolás (Hungarian), térhódítás (Hungarian), invasão [feminine] (Portuguese), usurpação [feminine] (Portuguese), вторже́ние (vtoržénije) [neuter] (Russian), zaposjedanje (Serbo-Croatian), вто́ргнення (vtórhnennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-encroachment-en-noun-rYR9Dgof Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 23 26 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 28 26 27 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 23 25 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 11 19 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 24 27 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 25 27 24 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 26 24 24 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 26 24 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 27 27 25 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 28 25 23 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 25 26 24 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 26 26 24 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 31 24 24 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 25 26 24 24 Disambiguation of 'entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon': 98 1 1 1
  2. An intrusion upon another's possessions or rights; infringement. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights): aantasting [feminine] (Dutch), inbreuk [feminine] (Dutch), tunkeutuminen (Finnish), Übergriff [masculine] (German), widerrechtliches Eindringen [neuter] (German), Einbrechen [neuter] (German), Einbruch [masculine] (German), betolakodás (Hungarian), beavatkozás (Hungarian), túlkapás (Hungarian), transgressão [feminine] (Portuguese), violação [feminine] (Portuguese), посяга́тельство (posjagátelʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), zadiranje (Serbo-Croatian), посяга́ння (posjahánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-encroachment-en-noun-XtQsdMuh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 23 26 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 28 26 27 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 24 27 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 25 27 24 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 26 24 24 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 26 24 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 27 27 25 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 28 25 23 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 25 26 24 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 26 26 24 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 25 26 24 24 Disambiguation of 'intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights': 11 70 7 11
  3. That which is gained by such unlawful intrusion. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-encroachment-en-noun-zmLogC4B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 23 26 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 28 26 27 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 24 27 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 25 27 24 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 26 24 24 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 26 24 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 27 27 25 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 28 25 23 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 25 26 24 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 26 26 24 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 25 26 24 24
  4. (law) An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Law Translations (unlawful diminution): jogsérelem (Hungarian), jogsértés (Hungarian), intrusión [feminine] (Spanish), usurpación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-encroachment-en-noun-vIOJFVt7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 23 26 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 28 26 27 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 24 27 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 25 27 24 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 26 24 24 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 26 24 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 27 27 25 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 28 25 23 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 25 26 24 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 26 26 24 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 25 26 24 24 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'unlawful diminution': 3 1 8 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: incroachment [archaic] Related terms: encroach

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "The Legislative department derives a superiority in our Governments from other circumstances. Its constitutional powers being at once more extensive, and less susceptible of precise limits, it can, with the greater facility, mask, under complicated and indirect measures, the encroachments which it makes on the coördinate departments.",
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          "text": "Ah! my brother, we do well to watch our birthright jealously; the least invasion on the meanest peasant, the slightest encroachment of the powerful, are not matters to be neglected—such are the first steps of tyranny.",
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      "sense": "intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights",
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      "sense": "intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights",
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      "sense": "intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights",
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      "word": "Übergriff"
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      "sense": "intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights",
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      "sense": "intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights",
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      "word": "Einbrechen"
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      "sense": "intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "betolakodás"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "word": "beavatkozás"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights",
      "word": "túlkapás"
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      "sense": "intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights",
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      "word": "transgressão"
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      "sense": "intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights",
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      "word": "violação"
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      "sense": "intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights",
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      "word": "посяга́тельство"
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      "word": "zadiranje"
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      "sense": "unlawful diminution",
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