Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Obreption

Obreption , noun

[Latin obreptio, from obrepere, obreptum, to creep up to; ob (see Ob-) + repere to creep.]

1.
The act of creeping upon with secrecy or by surprise. [Obsolete] — Cudworth
2.
(Scots Law) The obtaining gifts of escheat by fraud or surprise. — Bell