encroach upon

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner un empiètement progressif sur les droits, le territoire ou l'espace personnel de quelqu'un, souvent de manière indésirable ou nuisible.

A phrasal verb used to indicate gradually intruding on someone's rights, territory, or personal space, often in a way that is unwelcome or harmful.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. Intrude graduallyformal

   To gradually take away someone's rights, privileges, or personal space.

   empiéter sur

   • The new law encroaches upon citizens' privacy rights.
   • His constant questions encroached upon her personal time.
   • The expanding city encroaches upon the surrounding farmland.

   Synonymesimpinge onintrude oninvadeoverstep

   Antonymeshonorleaverespectretreatwithdraw

2. Trespass or invadeformal

   To gradually advance beyond usual or acceptable limits, especially into someone else's territory.

   Empiéter

   • The neighbor's fence encroaches upon our property.
   • The forest is slowly encroaching upon the abandoned village.
   • The company's expansion encroaches upon the local wildlife habitat.

   Synonymesimpingeinfringeintrudeinvadeoversteptrespass

   Antonymesrespectretreatwithdraw

Verbe de baseencroach