Legal Definition and Related Resources of Encroach

To intrude upon the possession or right of another by stealth ; to trespass . To advance or make inroads beyond the proper limits; as the clause in a will granting the executor the power to encroach on the capital should the income not be sufficient to maintain the beneficiary .

verb

• breach
• commit an infraction
• enter by stealth
• enter upon the domain of another
• enter wrongfully
• impinge
• infiltrate
• infringe
• ingress wrongfully
• interfere
• interlope
• intrude
• intrude illegally
• invade
• invade unlawfully
• invadere
• irrupt
• make an incursion
• make inroads
• obtrude
• occupare
• overstep
• penetrate
• raid
• transgress
• trespass
• violate

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