Search Result for "encroachment":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1. any entry into an area not previously occupied;
- Example: "an invasion of tourists"
- Example: "an invasion of locusts"
[syn: invasion, encroachment, intrusion]
2. entry to another's property without right or permission;
[syn: trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion, usurpation]
3. influencing strongly;
- Example: "they resented the impingement of American values on European culture"
[syn: impingement, encroachment, impact]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Encroachment \En*croach"ment\, n. 1. The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion. [1913 Webster] An unconstitutional encroachment of military power on the civil establishment. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is taken by encroaching on another. [1913 Webster] 3. (Law) An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "encroachment": adoption, appropriation, arrogation, assumption, entrance, entrenchment, impingement, imposition, incursion, infiltration, influx, infraction, infringement, injection, inroad, insinuation, interference, interjection, interloping, interposition, interposure, interruption, intervention, intrusion, invasion, irruption, obtrusion, overstepping, playing God, seizure, transgression, trespass, trespassing, unlawful entry, usurpation
