Present participle of accroach; the act of unlawfully seizing or encroaching upon someone's authority or rights.
Present participle form of 'accroach', formed with the '-ing' suffix. This form was used in legal documents to describe ongoing or habitual encroachment.
Legal documents from the 1400s describe nobles as 'accroaching' royal authority—the present participle form was used in court cases and royal decrees to condemn ongoing power grabs.
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