Encroach Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Encroach

trespass
(Law) To commit an unlawful injury to the person, property, or rights of another, with actual or implied force or violence, especially to enter onto another's land wrongfully.
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trench
To cut furrows or ditches in.
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infringe
Break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
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invade
To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate.
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overstep
To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
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intrench
Alternative form of entrench.
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usurp
To use and assume the coat of arms of another person.
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entrench
To surround or fortify with a trench or trenches
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Antonyms for Encroach

keep off
To stay or cause to stay at a distance (from).
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Words Related to Encroach

intrude
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impinge
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trample
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meddle
(Intransitive, now US regional) To have sex. [from 14th c.]
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Encroach Sentence Examples

  • The marshes encroach most upon the parishes of St Charles, Orleans and Plaquemines.

  • He took in everything, noting the enemies had begun to encroach upon the neutral territory agreed upon in the cease-fire.

  • The cathedral chapters took advantage of this situation to oppose their jurisdiction to that of the bishops, and to encroach on their prerogatives.

  • Someone may be a beginner and encroach into "your" space, or perhaps someone was clumsy and accidentally kicked your bottle over.

  • For some two centuries (c. 750-950) there was a balance of power between the Gurjaras and Rashtrakutas, neither kingdom being strong enough to encroach on the other to any extent.

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