The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ENCROACH
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More clues leading to the result ENCROACH
- Trespass for one snaring new bird without tail
- Impose second of levies on North Carolina fish
- Nut caught fish in trench
- For chance to reform, giving up following trespass
- Intrude upon that beetle’s better ‘alf?
- Advance in French vehicle going round centre of Bourges
- With limits of barrier removed, fish intrude beyond boundaries
- Republican boarding train after offences – fundamentally that’s trespass
- Invade once arch rebuilt
- Tread on someone’s toes — each corn, unfortunately!
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What does ENCROACH mean?
ENCROACH noun- Encroachment.
- To seize, appropriate
- To intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory
- To advance gradually beyond due limits