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
Tribal leaders view them as an unregulated intrusion on their gaming rights.
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Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Companies can deploy these tools to keep their employees safe from intrusion attempts, while email and messaging providers can integrate them into their systems to prevent spam, malware, and other threats from ever reaching users.
—Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025
Under Tennessee law, a neighbor may trim roots or branches that cross into their property — at their own expense — if those intrusions cause or threaten harm, according to the university.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
No alarm sounded during the burglary, due to the system being focused on intrusions via doors, officials said.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
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Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Companies can deploy these tools to keep their employees safe from intrusion attempts, while email and messaging providers can integrate them into their systems to prevent spam, malware, and other threats from ever reaching users.
—Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025
Under Tennessee law, a neighbor may trim roots or branches that cross into their property — at their own expense — if those intrusions cause or threaten harm, according to the university.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
No alarm sounded during the burglary, due to the system being focused on intrusions via doors, officials said.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intrusion
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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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Guaidó’s team seemed interested in using part of the funds for the operation to finance riots in the streets that would go alongside the incursion.—
Kevin G. Hall,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Some of these are described by a narrator and visualized as ghostly incursions from the past.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 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
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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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Also this week, a former paralegal was acquitted after hurling a sandwich at a federal agent in August; Sabzi, a deli in Cornwall, England, is alleging that author Yasmin Khan’s new cookbook with the same name is trademark infringement; and more.—
Li Goldstein,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 Nov. 2025
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Policymakers should make clear that copyright applies whether infringement is committed by a human or by code.—
Gerard Scimeca,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
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The most common template for an insider trading violation is as follows.—
Samidh Guha,
ABC News,
9 Nov. 2025
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In Chicago, the indelible image of a pastor in a clerical collar shot in the head with a pepper ball by agents standing on the rooftop of an ICE building is a direct violation of CBP’s use of force policy.—
Andy Rose 19 hr ago,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Intrusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intrusion. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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