as in incursion
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
There was widespread water intrusion in the building, the complaint said.
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Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Rather than merely sealing tools against water intrusion, Nemo’s patented system actively pressurizes the tool’s internal chamber with air to match or exceed surrounding water pressure.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
This has included more frequent air and naval crossings over the centerline of the strait, multiple live-fire encirclement exercises to simulate a blockade scenario, unprecedented missile tests over the island, and regular intrusions of Taiwan’s air defense identification zone.
—Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
Federal prosecutors charged a UK teenager with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and other crimes in connection with the network intrusions of 47 US companies that generated more than $115 million in ransomware payments over a three-year span.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 19 Sep. 2025
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Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Rather than merely sealing tools against water intrusion, Nemo’s patented system actively pressurizes the tool’s internal chamber with air to match or exceed surrounding water pressure.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
This has included more frequent air and naval crossings over the centerline of the strait, multiple live-fire encirclement exercises to simulate a blockade scenario, unprecedented missile tests over the island, and regular intrusions of Taiwan’s air defense identification zone.
—Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
Federal prosecutors charged a UK teenager with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and other crimes in connection with the network intrusions of 47 US companies that generated more than $115 million in ransomware payments over a three-year span.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intrusion
Noun
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Putin mocked Western alarm over drone incursions into NATO airspace, and accused European nations of using them to inflame tensions.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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The sightings follow a series of Russian incursions into NATO airspace, but Moscow denied responsibility for the Munich drones.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Westmoreland sale is illustrative of growing urban encroachment on farmland in Mecklenburg County and North Carolina as the population continues to exponentially grow.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Oct. 2025
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Zillow has declined in recent weeks on concerns regarding competitive encroachment and legal woes.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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Though Russian craft have repeatedly violated NATO airspace during its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the shootdowns over Poland represented the first time NATO had shot down Russian drones.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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The project was originally inspired by a brochure, In Case of Emergency or War, which the Ukrainian Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security began distributing to the public a few weeks before the invasion in early 2022.—
Joanna Warsza,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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Jose Olivo, 112 Southampton Street, Boston, trespass.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
28 Sep. 2025
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Superior Court Judge Gwendolyn Blue cited Busey's prior charges — including his probationary terms in 2007 for trespass and disorderly conduct and in 2021 for a hit-and-run — as a reason for his probationary sentence, per the New Jersey outlet.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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Brands frequently encounter obstacles, including the requirement for notarized test purchases and the treatment of each infringement as a separate case, even when multiple listings from the same seller are involved.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Wetzel is a trial lawyer who represents social media platforms and legacy media companies on music licensing and copyright issues, and reps a wide range of AI firms, including Suno and Udio, in copyright infringement lawsuits brought by the major record labels.—
Claudia Rosenbaum,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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Another major violation would be improper cooling.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Adav Noti, a former FEC general counsel and now executive director of the Campaign Legal Center, says even with a quorum, the commission has historically done very little to regulate campaign finance violations.—
Ashley Lopez,
NPR,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Intrusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intrusion. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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