Encroach
English Meaning
To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; -- commonly with on or upon; as, to encroach on a neighbor; to encroach on the highway.
- To take another's possessions or rights gradually or stealthily: encroach on a neighbor's land.
- To advance beyond proper or former limits: desert encroaching upon grassland.
- Football To commit encroachment.