encroachment
noun
an act or instance of encroaching.
encroachments
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pluralof encroachment.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In Gurugram, a suburb of Delhi, district town planner RS Batth has won praise for acting against illegal construction and encroachments.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Patrolling has also reduced small-scale encroachments, but infrastructure projects including multiple dams are still driving deforestation.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
To see his encroachments on the free press spoken of in the language of liberty and freedom is especially cynical.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2025
But Washington is watching China’s encroachments south of the border closely.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2025
In 1774 the Shawnee responded to these encroachments by raiding squatter settlements and expelling land surveyors.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
