encroach


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Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for encroach

advance beyond the usual limit

impinge or infringe upon

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According to the information given by the MoS for Defence, 21.97 acres of defence land has been encroached upon in Andhra Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar - 26.521 acre, Assam - 460.5397 acre, Arunachal Pradesh - 87.8141 acre, Bihar- 478.974 acre, Chhattisgarh - 165.768 acre, Delhi - 111.3013 acre, Goa- 4.264 acre, Gujarat - 164.6238 acre, and Haryana - 538.8215 acre.
So if it encroaches beyond the registered property boundaries, does this mean that those affected lose part of their land?
Kochi/Thiruvananthapuram: (PTI) Embattled Kerala minister Thomas Chandy on Saturday denied the charge that he had encroached upon backwaters in Alappuzha district and rejected demands for his resignation.
He added that the Turkish government expressed surprise at the statement of objection to the bombing of Iraq on its territory, as if Iraq had no right to object to encroach upon its sovereignty".
(32) First, most prospective franchisees are unfamiliar with operating a business in general, as well as "with the business being franchised and with industry practices in franchising." (33) Second, given these franchisees' lack of experience, many franchise contracts "reflect a profound imbalance of contractual power in favor of the franchisor," allowing the latter to encroach on the franchisee's market area.
One of the restaurants has encroached upon this roundabout as a sitting arrangement as well as a car park for their customers.
'So labeling us cruel for just using the word encroach...I can't understand it,' he added.
'If you don't follow our agreement and you also encroach [on] the streets, we will seize your goods,' Lim warned.
Giving powers to Rangers is tantamount to encroach the rights of common citizens on election day.'
'He had been extending the demarcation fence to encroach on the area, but on Monday, I went to inspect the disputed site and found that the fence had been dismantled,' Vibol said.
An officer who didn't want to be quoted accused OCSs of colluding with private developers to encroach on police stations land.
Similarly, a few years back people started to encroach the greenbelt with northern wall of the GPCW and later built their shops but recently a person started to construct his house with the main gate of the GPCW.
A complaint filed with the Lokayukta has alleged that Reddy altered the district map to encroach upon a road that leads to a Lord Hanuman temple.
'Over the past week, people from different provinces have assembled in groups across almost all districts to encroach on, occupy and measure land to be divided,' the provincial administration said.