accroach
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[edit] Etymology
From Old French acrochier "to hook in", from a- + croche "hook".
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accroach (third-person singular simple present accroaches, present participle accroaching, simple past and past participle accroached)
- (transitive) To hook, or draw to oneself as with a hook.
- (transitive) To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives.
- They had attempted to accroach to themselves royal power. - Stubbs
- (intransitive) To encroach.
