Meaning

1 senses

  1. (rare)Encroachment.

Examples

9 sentences

  1. Urbanization is encroaching on rural life.

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  2. They encroach on our fundamental liberties.

    ruОни посягают на наши основные свободы. — marafon

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  3. We encroach more and more into their world.

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  4. A good salesman will not encroach on his customer's time.

    ruХороший продавец не будет отнимать у своих покупателей время. — Biga

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  5. I feel like the right to freedom of speech is being encroached on.

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Origin

From Middle English encrochen, from Old French encrochier (“to seize”), from Old French en

From Middle English encrochen, from Old French encrochier (“to seize”), from Old French en- + croc (“hook”), of Germanic origin. More at crook.

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Forms

plural: encroaches
Singularencroach
Pluralencroaches

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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