encroach
[verb]
Synonyms: intrude, impinge, infringe, invade, make inroads, overstep, trespass, usurp

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Contrasted words: ignore, let (alone), pass over, avoid
Related Idioms: foist oneself upon, stick one's nose in (or into)
Related Words: barge (in), bust (in), butt (in), chisel (in), horn (in), muscle (in), worm (in), interfere, interpose, intervene, meddle, overstep

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

en‧croach /ɪnˈkrəʊtʃ $ -ˈkroʊtʃ/ verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: encrochier 'to seize', from croche 'hook']

1. to gradually take more of someone’s time, possessions, rights etc than you should
encroach on/upon
Bureaucratic power has encroached upon the freedom of the individual.

2. to gradually cover more and more land
encroach into
The fighting encroached further east.
—encroachment noun [uncountable and countable]:
foreign encroachment

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲