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Definition of Encroachment
1. Noun. Any entry into an area not previously occupied. "An invasion of locusts"
Generic synonyms: Entering, Entrance
Derivative terms: Encroach, Invade, Invade
2. Noun. Entry to another's property without right or permission.
Generic synonyms: Actus Reus, Misconduct, Wrongdoing, Wrongful Conduct
Specialized synonyms: Inroad
Derivative terms: Encroach, Intrude, Intrude, Trespass, Violate
3. Noun. Influencing strongly. "They resented the impingement of American values on European culture"
Generic synonyms: Influence
Derivative terms: Encroach, Impact, Impinge
Definition of Encroachment
1. n. The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion.
Definition of Encroachment
1. Noun. An entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion; incursion. ¹
2. Noun. An intrusion upon another's possessions or rights; infringement. ¹
3. Noun. That which is gained by such unlawful intrusion. ¹
4. Noun. (legal) An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Encroachment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Encroachment
Literary usage of Encroachment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Real Estate Principles and Practices by Philip Adolphus Benson, Nelson Luther North (1922)
"recover damages for the encroachment or compel the removal of so much of the
building as encroaches on him. A purchaser could not be compelled to accept ..."
2. The Parliamentary Debates: Official Report by Northern Ireland Parliament. House of Commons (1884)
"... able members would notice that this was а very great encroachment upon the
powers with •which the Commissioners were intrusted by the Legislature, ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"... and as such was a regulation of commerce and an illegal encroachment upon the
power of Congress. , yet the argument of the court was that mcu attempted ..."
4. The Nineteenth Century (1896)
"THE encroachment OF WOMEN OF late years Progress and the ' Lady Novelist' ...
Some years since so monstrous an encroachment upon the University would have ..."
5. The American Petroleum Industry by Raymond Foss Bacon, William Allen Hamor (1916)
"DECREASE DUE TO encroachment OF SALT WATER UNDER HIGH PRESSURE encroachment of
salt water takes place relatively quickly under the following conditions:2 If ..."
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