A good salesman will not encroach on his customer's time.
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Encroach
Synonyms for "encroach" (96 found)
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Related words (48)
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3 entriesderived
5 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 21 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- أَزْعَجَ verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
- اِخْتَلَسَ verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
- تَدَخَّلَ فِي verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
- قَيَّدَ verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
Bulgarian
1 entries- навлизам незаконно verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
Catalan
3 entries- envair verb (to advance gradually beyond due limits)
- ocupar verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
- usurpar verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 侵入 verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
- 侵害 verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
- 侵犯 verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
Czech
3 entries- narušovat verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
- omezovat verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
- zasahovat verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
Danish
1 entries- krænke verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
Dutch
2 entries- binnendringen verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
- uitdijen verb (to advance gradually beyond due limits)
Finnish
3 entries- loukata verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
- tunkeutua verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
- tunkeutua verb (to advance gradually beyond due limits)
German
4 entries- sich widerrechtlich ausdehnen verb (to advance gradually beyond due limits)
- widerrechtlich eindringen verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
- widerrechtlich vordringen verb (to advance gradually beyond due limits)
- Übergriffe begehen verb (to advance gradually beyond due limits)
Greek
2 entries- επεκτείνομαι verb (to advance gradually beyond due limits)
- επεμβαίνω verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
Hungarian
2 entries- betolakodik verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
- betolakodik verb (to advance gradually beyond due limits)
Italian
1 entries- invadere verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
Japanese
1 entries- 侵入する verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
Korean
1 entries- 침입하다 verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
Malayalam
1 entries- കയ്യേറുക verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
Māori
2 entries- aurara verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
- auta verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
Polish
1 entries- naruszać verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
Portuguese
1 entries- invadir verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
Russian
4 entries- вто́ргнуться verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
- вто́ргнуться verb (to advance gradually beyond due limits)
- вторга́ться verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
- вторга́ться verb (to advance gradually beyond due limits)
Spanish
4 entries- inmiscuirse verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
- invadir verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
- traspasar verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
- usurpar verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
Swedish
1 entries- inkräkta verb (to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
They encroach on our fundamental liberties.
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The Romans encouraged their ally Masinissa to encroach on the territories of Carthage and to harass her in every way.
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We encroach more and more into their world.
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