eindringen — meaning in English

English meaning

• encroachment noun The act of gradually intruding on someone else's land, rights or area of authority, or the intrusion itself.
• hack verb To cut or chop something roughly, without precision.
• inbreak verb To force a way into something, or to interrupt it suddenly.
• incursion noun A sudden military raid or invasion into another territory.
• intrude verb To enter or interrupt somewhere without invitation or welcome.
• intrusion noun An unwelcome entry into a place, situation, or someone's private life.
• invade verb To enter a country or territory by force in order to take control of it.
• irruption noun A sudden, forceful entry into a place, like an invasion.
• penetrate verb To make a way into or through something; to pierce or pass into the interior of something.
• trespass verb To enter someone's land or property without permission.

Senses

eindringen is used for these senses in English:

• break into (transitive, idiomatic) To enter illegally or by force, especially in order to commit a crime.
• encroachment An entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion; incursion.
• hack (transitive, slang, computing, by extension) To gain unauthorized access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
• inbreak A sudden violent inroad or incursion; an irruption; a breaking in.
• inbreak (transitive) To break in; break into; make an incursion into; insert into; interrupt.
• incursion An aggressive movement into somewhere; an invasion in the general sense.
• intrusion The forcible inclusion or entry of an external group or individual; the act of intruding.
• invade To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate.

encroachment — full definition

1. noun The act of gradually intruding on someone else's land, rights or area of authority, or the intrusion itself.
2. noun A structure or part of a building that extends over a boundary onto neighboring or public land.

hack — full definition

1. verb To cut or chop something roughly, without precision.
2. verb To break into a computer system or account without authorization.
3. verb To find a clever, often improvised shortcut for solving a problem.
4. noun A clever shortcut, trick, or workaround.
5. noun A skilled but unglamorous or uncreative worker, especially a writer or programmer producing mediocre work for hire.

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