Definitions

encroach

[en-krohch] / ɛnˈkroʊtʃ /

VERB

invade another's property, business

Synonyms

STRONGEST

horn in impinge infringe intrude trespass usurp

STRONG

appropriate arrogate crash entrench interfere interpose intervene meddle overstep trench

WEAK

barge in butt in elbow in make inroads muscle in put two cents in squeeze in stick nose into work in worm in

Antonyms

STRONG

give ignore

WEAK

keep off

Example Sentences

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“I dare you to any such experiment. Encroach, presume, and the game is up.”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Joy premature, and shouts ere victory, Encroach upon their rights and privileges.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno

Encroach, en-krōch′, v.i. to seize on the rights of others: to intrude: to trespass.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

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