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- noun Plural form of
encroachment .
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Examples
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Regent, suffered impatiently what it called the encroachments of the
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Regent, suffered impatiently what it called the encroachments of the
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 11 Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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Regent, suffered impatiently what it called the encroachments of the
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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What it termed its concessions were our conquests; what it termed our encroachments were our rights.
Les Miserables 2008
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What it termed its concessions were our conquests; what it termed our encroachments were our rights.
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What it termed its concessions were our conquests; what it termed our encroachments were our rights.
Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843
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- In 1930, under French colonial rule, King Sisowath Monivong (1875-1941), fearing and wanting to contain Vietnamese encroachments, ordered on-the-spot land measurements, border delineation and mapping of that part of Svay Rieng province where Sam Rainsy pulled out the so-called border post.
KI Media 2010
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As a result, Kremlin resistance to Western "encroachments" is sure to further boost its domestic popularity.
Ian Bremmer: Wary of Future, Russia Confronts U.S., EU Now 2008
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For one, it allows claims to individual family titles to already occupied or cultivated forest land that are currently considered 'encroachments'.
IPS Inter Press Service Manipadma Jena 2010
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Principal Secretary Municipal Administration and Urban Development to re-survey/study entire open spaces in Visakhapatnam area to end such kind of encroachments, he said in a letter to the Principal Secretary.
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