12 letters · 21 points in Scrabble
noun any entry into an area not previously occupied
noun entry to another's property without right or permission
noun influencing strongly
originEtymology tree English encroach Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English encroachment From encroach + -ment.
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