Encroach
Encroach , intransitive verb
[Old French encrochier to perch, prop., to hook, fasten a hook (perh. confused with acrochier, French accrocher, to hook, get hold of, English accroach); pref. en- (Latin in) + French croc hook. See Crook, and compare Accroach.]
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.
No sense, faculty, or member must encroach upon or interfere with the duty and office of another.
Superstition,... a creeping and encroaching evil.
Exclude the encroaching cattle from thy ground.
Encroach , noun
Encroachment. [Obsolete] — South