The word 'encroaches' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It means to gradually intrude or advance upon someone's territory, rights, or privileges. Example: As the city expanded, the suburbs began to encroach upon the surrounding farmlands, causing conflict between the urban and rural communities.
China's "nine-dashed line", its vague cartographic claim to most of the sea, encroaches on the claims of four ASEAN members.
Surely the state already encroaches far too far in our lives: do we really want it playing with our babies?
The letter argues that China's claim to sovereignty over almost all the sea "clearly lacks international legal basis" and "encroaches [on] the legitimate interest of the global community".The letter was sent before the row over the sea flared up again at the ASEAN Regional Forum in Hanoi later in July.
Yet the ADIZ, which also encroaches on areas claimed by South Korea, prompted the government in Seoul to express regret too.
More important are ordinary lives, on which history encroaches but doesn't dominate," says the shorn 36-year-old novelist, puffing on Marlboro Lights in a Warsaw café.
As well as the nebulous matter of "culture" there is the abundant overlap between DLJ and CSFB, Credit Suisse's existing investment bank with which DLJ is being merged.Mr Moelis, for example, played a large role in telecoms finance, an area that encroaches on the turf of CSFB's star technology banker, Frank Quattrone.
Republicans argue that it encroaches on American sovereignty.The last defenceAn indigenous group in Colombia temporarily expelled 100 soldiers by force from an army base, which was being attacked by the FARC guerrillas.
Take three of the main objections: that it encroaches on what should be the proper business of government; that CSR is a sideshow; and that it involves playing with other people's money.Mr Reich argues that the energy spent on CSR diverts attention from establishing rules that advance the common good rules that help to prevent oil spills, say, or protect human rights abroad.
"IT IS not possible to make a lasting compromise between technology and freedom, because technology is by far the more powerful social force and continually encroaches on freedom through repeated compromises".
But the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, far from being containable, encroaches octopus-like on the larger war.
Georgia's democratic credentials, moreover, have been questionable of late, while territorial disputes over Abkhazia and South Ossetia remain unresolved.The Kremlin regards NATO's expansion as an affront, particularly when it encroaches on chunks of the former Soviet Union.
