Examples of 'encroachment' in a sentence

Meaning of "encroachment"

Encroachment is a noun referring to the action of gradually taking control or possession of someone else's rights, territory, or domain
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  • An entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion; incursion.
  • An intrusion upon another's possessions or rights; infringement.
  • That which is gained by such unlawful intrusion.
  • An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.

How to use "encroachment" in a sentence

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Urban sprawl encroachment onto natural spaces.
Reduction in area of land threatened by abandonment or encroachment.
Encroachment by purple loosestrife is also a major threat.
There was no such encroachment in this case.
Encroachment of emergency exits in the minimum setbacks.
Main threats to it are encroachment of agriculture and logging.
Encroachment upon the right of the author.
Some examples of temporal encroachment in other contexts.
We believe that it is important to try to avoid encroachment.
Avoiding the encroachment of shrubs on agricultural land.
It is necessary to keep scrub encroachment under control.
The term encroachment is itself a source of confusion.
It is a direct and democtrative encroachment on personal rights.
Encroachment and theft can be serious.
This would amount to an encroachment on their mandates.

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Encroachment is to advance beyond proper limits.
We must be aware of the encroachment on these freedoms.
Encroachment starts with the staking out of lots.
It is accepted if there is no encroachment and rejected otherwise.
Encroachment has been noticed in these two regions.
I never said the encroachment had to be illegal.
Our main challenge is the land encroachment.
Find out encroachment and its extent.
This is the old principle of encroachment.
Avoiding the encroachment of unwanted vegetation on agricultural land.
Its borders are not impervious to encroachment by universal ills.
There is no encroachment for defensive players in college football.
Detention pending removal is a significant encroachment on personal liberty.
This kind of encroachment is very common in the workplace.
Your condition speaks to its encroachment.
China acts hard on encroachment into nature reserves.
Encroachment on the validity of patent rights.
Protect the watercourse from encroachment of nearby developments.
Slight encroachment on the principle of free movement of judgements.
Electronic equipment represents an encroachment on this organizational demarcation.
Encroachment of the secrecy of the mails.
This is the least encroachment of privacy.
This encroachment is not ancient history.
Israel should halt this encroachment with determination.
Urban encroachment on the township began shortly thereafter.
We must be ever watchful about encroachment on religious liberties.
Encroachment on the prerogatives of the judiciary.
To do so would be an encroachment on the legislative power.
Encroachment of this law implied detainment.
This was a serious encroachment on human dignity.
That encroachment on basic democratic rights has to be challenged.
Destroyed by the encroachment of the sea.
Encroachment on religious rights and freedoms.
All species colonized by encroachment of surrounding vegetative shoots.
The monument suffocates because of encroachment.

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