encroacher
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9.0
- noun
- /ɪnˈkroʊtʃər/
:
invasor
- The local residents organized a meeting to discuss the threat posed by the land encroacher who was building a fence on their property.
Examples
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As poor immigrants flooded the market after 1815, competing for jobs and lowering wages, conflict erupted between the working class and these foreign encroachers.
Academic text (1993) -
The Spanish enjoyed this enhanced strength and relied on it to discourage other European encroachers from taking an active interest in New Mexico and Texas.
Academic text (1996) -
Invaders! - Encroachers.
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Many farmers believe that the construction of the new road will lead to encroachers taking over their farmland.
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She filed a complaint against the encroacher who had illegally expanded his garden into her yard.
Synonyms
240
3.9
A person who enters a place without permission to steal or harm people
70
4.5
A person or group who enters a place by force to take control
25
4.9
A person who goes onto someone else's land or into their building without permission
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8.0
A person who pushes ahead without caring about others' views
Antonyms
How Intrusive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Encroacher comes from encroach, which is built from en- 'in' plus an old word for a 'hook', and the ending -er means 'person who'. So an encroacher is like someone who 'hooks into' another person's land or rights and slowly takes their space.