encroacher

Example Sentences

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A staple of any urban transformation is the inevitable clash of old vs. new, the indigenous and the encroacher, the longtime merchants accustomed to a certain culture and the developers driving the change.

From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2015

She usually chills the encroacher with a fixed, glassy stare, but sometimes she first tolerates, then welcomes his attentions.

From Time Magazine Archive

Today, the one notable encroacher on the park's priceless real estate is the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

From Time Magazine Archive

You, my best child, will give me always your advice, as to my carriage in this my new lot; for I would not for the world be thought an encroacher.

From Pamela, Volume II by Richardson, Samuel

In every age and clime we see Two of a trade cannot agree; Each deems the other an encroacher, As sportsman thinks another poacher.

From Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) by Gay, John