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verb (used without object)
1.
to advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits; make gradual inroads: A dictatorship of the majority is encroaching on the rights of the individual.
2.
to trespass upon the property, domain, or rights of another, especially stealthily or by gradual advances.
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Encroaching
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Example Sentences
- Encroaching development and constantly rising demand for its water have been shrinking the swamp for more than a century.
- Fishermen are sometimes locked up for encroaching in another country's claim.
- Staffers came muttering in and out of the door, working against encroaching deadlines.
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| encroaching | |
adjective | |
| gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists"; "trespassing hunters" |
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