Usually means: Intrusion on property, rights, boundaries.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word encroachments:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. encroachments: Merriam-Webster
  2. encroachments: Collins English Dictionary
  3. encroachments: Vocabulary.com
  4. Encroachments, encroachments: Wordnik
  5. encroachments: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. encroachments: Wiktionary
  7. encroachments: Dictionary.com
  8. encroachments: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. encroachments: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. encroachments: Legal dictionary

(Note: See encroachment as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (encroachment)

noun:  An entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion; incursion.
noun:  An intrusion upon another's possessions or rights; infringement.
noun:  That which is gained by such unlawful intrusion.
noun:  (law) An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.
▸ Also see encroachment





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