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
Friends of Hidden Beach was born out of fears that past and future private encroachments would continue to erode public access.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024
The Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John Marshall, famously rejected these encroachments in 1832’s Worcester v.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2023
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
