Encroachment

//ɪŋˈkɹoʊt͡ʃmənt//

Synonyms for "encroachment" (66 found)

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Noun(2 words)
impactimpingement

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Translations

38 translations across 10 languages.

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Dutch

4 entries
  • aantasting noun (entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon)
  • aantasting noun (intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights)
  • afslijting noun (entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon)
  • inbreuk noun (intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights)

Finnish

2 entries
  • tunkeutuminen noun (entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon)
  • tunkeutuminen noun (intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights)

German

4 entries
  • Einbrechen noun (intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights)
  • Einbruch noun (intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights)
  • Eindringen noun (entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon)
  • Eindringung noun (entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अतिक्रमण noun (entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon)
  • अतिक्रमण noun (intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights)
  • उल्लंघन noun (unlawful diminution)
  • घुसपैठ noun (entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • beavatkozás noun (intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights)
  • behatolás noun (entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon)
  • betolakodás noun (intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights)
  • jogsérelem noun (unlawful diminution)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • invasão noun (entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon)
  • transgressão noun (intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights)
  • usurpação noun (entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon)
  • violação noun (intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights)

Russian

2 entries
  • вторже́ние noun (entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon)
  • посяга́тельство noun (intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • zadiranje noun (intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights)
  • zaposjedanje noun (entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon)

Spanish

2 entries
  • intrusión noun (unlawful diminution)
  • usurpación noun (unlawful diminution)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • вто́ргнення noun (entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon)
  • посяга́ння noun (intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights)

Sample sentences

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Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.

Source: tatoeba (906994)

A flood can be defined as the encroachment of water in an area or region which is usually dry.

Source: tatoeba (9440415)

Owing to the encroachment of the sea, it had also been found necessary to remove Comboyuro Point Lighthouse and the keeper's cottage some 200 feet further inland.

Source: tatoeba (11529638)

When it comes to urbanization, Algeria is enforcing zoning regulations and trying to prevent encroachment on agricultural and forested areas.

Source: tatoeba (11758221)

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