0 to gradually take away someone else's rights, or to take control of someone's time, work, etc.: --
They have promised that the development will not encroach on public land.
I resent it that my job is starting to encroach on my family life.
What the company is proposing encroaches on the rights of individuals.
NYA ORD
European
May 10, 2021
DAGENS ORD
Shimmer
encroach on/upon sth