accroach
verb (used with object)
to assume to oneself without right or authority; usurp.
accroachment
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a word derived from
accroach.
Example Sentences
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He said it was "an accroachment of royal authority."
From The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence by Theodore Parker
