encroachment   (Sound)

The noun encroachment has 3 senses

• invasion, encroachment, intrusion -- (any entry into an area not previously occupied; "an invasion of tourists"; "an invasion of locusts")


• trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion, usurpation -- (entry to another's property without right or permission)


• impingement, encroachment, impact -- (influencing strongly; "they resented the impingement of American values on European culture")