accroach

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Origin: OE. acrochen, accrochen, to obtain, OF. acrochier, F. accrocher; à (L. ad) + croc hook (E. crook).

1. To hook, or draw to one's self as with a hook. obsolete

2. To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives.

They had attempted to accroach to themselves royal power.— William Stubbs

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54