encroachment

[ en-krohch-muhnt ]

/ ɛnˈkroʊtʃ mənt /

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noun

an act or instance of encroaching.

anything taken by encroaching.

Origin of encroachment

1425–75; late Middle English encrochement<Anglo-French. See encroach, -ment

OTHER WORDS FROM encroachment

non·en·croach·ment, noun

Words nearby encroachment

encourage, encouragement, encrimson, encrinite, encroach, encroachment, en croûte, encrust, encrustation, encrypt, encryption

Example sentences from the Web for encroachment

The increasing pressure to veil is a recent trend, and in some places it is an encroachment on local custom.
The True Muslim Revolutionaries and Their Fight Against Extremism|Timothy Michael Law|August 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But it was not alone this encroachment upon their lands, which roused their savage passions.
Life of Tecumseh, and of His Brother the Prophet|Benjamin Drake
The encroachment on the calibre of the tube may be quite slight, or may be so great as to amount to almost complete occlusion.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various
Where a growth of cottonwood had held back the encroachment of the willows there usually was thick grass and underbrush.
The Lone Star Ranger|Zane Grey

It would be an encroachment upon his privileges to concern oneself with them.
Mentally Defective Children|Alfred Binet
This expedition was in no sense the result of general agitation against French encroachment.
Colonel Washington|Archer Butler Hulbert