ENCROACH UPON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does encroach upon mean? 

• ENCROACH UPON (verb)
  The verb ENCROACH UPON has 1 sense:

1. to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate

  Familiarity information: ENCROACH UPON used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENCROACH UPON (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

encroach upon; intrude on; invade; obtrude upon

Context example:

The neighbors intrude on your privacy

Hypernyms (to "encroach upon" is one way to...):

come in; enter; get in; get into; go in; go into; move into (to come or go into)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "encroach upon"):

foray into; raid (enter someone else's territory and take spoils)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something