usurpação — meaning in English
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English meaning
- encroachment noun The act of gradually intruding on someone else's land, rights or area of authority, or the intrusion itself.
- usurpation noun The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.
Senses
usurpação is used for these senses in English:
- encroachment An entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion; incursion.
- usurpation The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.
encroachment — full definition
- noun The act of gradually intruding on someone else's land, rights or area of authority, or the intrusion itself.
- noun A structure or part of a building that extends over a boundary onto neighbouring or public land.
usurpation — full definition
- noun The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.
- noun (law) Entering someone else's land without their consent.
- noun The act of taking or using something with no right to it.
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