Examples of 'encroach' in a sentence

Meaning of "encroach"

encroach (verb): To encroach means to gradually take away or intrude on someone else's rights, territory, or personal space. It is often used in legal contexts to describe unauthorized actions that interfere with the rights of others
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  • to seize, appropriate
  • to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory
  • to advance gradually beyond due limits
  • Encroachment.

How to use "encroach" in a sentence

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And then they encroach on the facts.
Well we certainly would not want to encroach.
It is when you encroach on federal immigration policy.
Religious institutions not to encroach public land.
Forced to encroach upon the lands of others.
There is a risk of these activities to encroach the reserve.
He can not encroach on a strong will.
People accidentally prohibited themselves to encroach on that area.
You have dared to encroach on our sacred sanctum.
Encroach on others or their property.
I would not want to encroach on your area of expertise.
Because in this form we see it constantly ready to encroach on everything.
It does not encroach in any way at all.
I am afraid that now you are starting to encroach upon my style.
Group actions encroach fundamentally upon procedural law.

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Recycling of other personnel could encroach on editorial work.
They encroach not one upon the other.
Saw fit to continue to encroach upon their land.
Operators could abandon their posts should violence encroach.
And all three encroach upon national sovereignty.
Kind of barrier against that which would encroach upon it.
You dared to encroach upon the holy of holies.
International regulation is unlikely to succeed if it tries to encroach on these national prerogatives.
Because we encroach upon their habitat.
Urban sprawl and intensive agriculture and forestry encroach on habitats.
And they encroach on your life.
The proposed amendments would simply duplicate or encroach on these documents.
I did not want to encroach on that side of your life.
To encroach on their territory is to take you very life in your hands.
Which moreover may encroach on the adjacent regions.
And large habitats are increasingly rare as humans encroach on wild spaces.
I will not encroach on your evening any more.
That is why they encroach land.
Those who encroach on our sense of personal space.
No helicopters or police vehicles encroach on the stadium grounds.
It would encroach on parliamentary privilege.
They are planning to encroach entire land.
We encroach on their lands.
I did not want to encroach on her space.
As humans encroach into their habitat the incidents of conflict increase.
More and more wildfires encroach on major cities.
I will not encroach on what the honourable senator will be saying.
Buildings continued to encroach on the castle.
Do not encroach on the minimum negative space around the logo.
Even a province can not encroach on your rights.
You gotta get in close enough to entice but not so close as to encroach.
It does not encroach in any way at aU.
The building location meets accessibility criteria and does not encroach on farmland.
No work can encroach on this distance.
He came to an area where the trees had started to encroach on the town.

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