as in encroachment
entry made without invitation or permission
Opening other people's personal mail without permission is an intrusion into their privacy. Pardon the intrusion, but I couldn't help overhearing.
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Recent Examples of intrusion
No alarm sounded during the burglary, due to the system being focused on intrusions via doors, officials said.
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Mark Price, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
The packages were subsequently left untouched over the weekend, with video surveillance showing no intrusion.
—News Desk, Artforum, 21 Oct. 2025
Complaints about the intrusion of technology into hobbies are not new.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors claim these materials included sensitive intelligence and internal government communications, and that several of them were later exposed in a 2021 cyber intrusion linked to Iranian actors.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
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Mark Price, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
The packages were subsequently left untouched over the weekend, with video surveillance showing no intrusion.
—News Desk, Artforum, 21 Oct. 2025
Complaints about the intrusion of technology into hobbies are not new.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors claim these materials included sensitive intelligence and internal government communications, and that several of them were later exposed in a 2021 cyber intrusion linked to Iranian actors.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intrusion
Noun
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In 1924, the city, first named Lawndale and later changed to Colma, was incorporated as a city to protect the dead from encroachment.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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Stolarz tossed the net out of his way to go after Marchment for crashing into him during the second period, but he wasn’t bothered by the encroachment after the fact.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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The Japanese military has been dispatched to halt a major bear incursion.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Several countries contributed extra fighter jets to the eastern flank, close to Russia, after the incursions.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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In August, The Guardian said the Israeli Defense Forces' Unit 8200 had built a system in Microsoft's Azure cloud for tracking Palestinians' phone calls as part of the country's invasion of Gaza, leading Microsoft to investigate the newspaper's assertions.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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Iran, Baghdad’s arch enemy during Hussein’s rule, now enjoys significant influence in Iraq – another direct result of the US invasion.—
Ben Wedeman,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Matilda, fresh on the island, even trespasses on Beechwood and sees the wreckage herself.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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The teenager, who police initially said is a juvenile, was given a trespass warning and released to a parent.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Three Twitch streamers are currently facing copyright-infringement lawsuits from a popular YouTuber.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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The company recently rolled out Sora 2, its most advanced video generation model, which ran into immediate copyright infringement issues and drew criticism after it was used to create deepfakes of historical figures including Martin Luther King Jr.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
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Among those scheduled to testify at the hearing for the government were an Oklahoma couple who were storing some of Goudreau's belongings, including two assault rifles an associate recently tried to retrieve in possible violation of a court order against possessing firearms while on bond.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Nov. 2025
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The denial letter said Farzam was convicted of making a false statement to the DMV and a registration violation.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Intrusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intrusion. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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