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: January 31, 2025
\in-KROHCH\ verb
What It Means
To encroach is to gradually move or go into an area that is beyond the usual or desired limits, or to gradually take or begin to use or affect something that belongs to, or is being used by, someone else. Encroach is often followed by on or upon.
// Conflicts between people and bears increase as humans continue to encroach on bear territory.
// They argue that the law would encroach on states' authority.
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