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Synonyms for encroachment

Grammar : Noun
Spell : en-krohch-muh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈkroʊtʃ mənt


Définition of encroachment

Origin :
  • 1520s, from encroach + -ment. In Anglo-French from mid-15c.
  • noun infringement
Example sentences :
  • Have you lately observed any encroachment on the just liberties of the people?
  • Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin » by Paul Elmer More
  • At first resistance to Western encroachment was sporadic and unco-ordinated.
  • Extract from : « The New World of Islam » by Lothrop Stoddard
  • A work against the encroachment of the sea, made of wooden stakes.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • How curious, too, the encroachment of a too practical age on the old romance.
  • Extract from : « Pickwickian Manners and Customs » by Percy Fitzgerald
  • Naturally these men combined to resist this encroachment on their income.
  • Extract from : « Monopolies and the People » by Charles Whiting Baker
  • He asked, if the riot act was not an encroachment on the rights of the people?
  • Extract from : « The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. » by Tobias Smollett
  • She must keep to her prescribed confines, and every attempt to extend them will be resisted as an encroachment.
  • Extract from : « A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. » by William Wilberforce
  • No one can pretend that this was not an encroachment on his prerogative.
  • Extract from : « Constitutional History of England, Henry VII to George II, Volume II » by Henry Hallam
  • You will say, form yourselves into a nation, and resist this encroachment of the Nation.
  • Extract from : « Nationalism » by Rabindranath Tagore
  • No encroachment upon the powers of Congress appeared to be involved.
  • Extract from : « The War With Mexico, Volume I (of 2) » by Justin H. Smith

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