encroachment

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

From encroach + -ment.

It is the fight of the oppressed against the encroachments of--of--er--organized authority." — Just Patty, Jean Webster
Warren Hastings continued the encroachments and conquests which Clive had so successfully begun. — A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon : For the Use of Schools and Colleges, Lord, John
What it termed its concessions were our conquests; what it termed our encroachments were our rights. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo

invasion, intrusion

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