encroachment

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Other members said the encroachment was a tradeoff for the number of other positive benefits the project would bring, such as river access for kayakers and cash to the town to use for affordable housing.

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  1. noun The act or an instance of encroaching.
  2. noun Football A violation of the rules in which a player enters the neutral zone and makes contact with an opponent prior to the snap of the ball.

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  • The Indians resisted this encroachment, and prepared to defend their rights by physical force—at the same time sending to Washington for protection from the General Government. —  Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams
  • With no public opinion to warn off authority from encroachment, and with the precedents set up by former rulers all pointing the wrong way, it would have been difficult, perhaps, for even more moderate men than Hastings, not occasionally to break bounds and go continually astray. —  Memoirs of the Life of Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan Vol 2
  • "Where's the encroachment, and what's being done about it?" —  Phule Me Twice
  • Other members said the encroachment was a tradeoff for the number of other positive benefits the project would bring, such as river access for kayakers and cash to the town to use for affordable housing. —  Vail Daily - Top Stories
  • "We have determined there is an encroachment, and we expect the encroachment needs to be removed," Heckathorn said. —  The Facts: News
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  1. from Old French (Anglo-French) encrochment, from encrochier, encroach: see encroach and -ment.
 

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/ɛnˈkroʊtʃmənt/
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