encroach
verb (formal)- [intransitive] encroach (on/upon something) (disapproving)
to begin to affect or use up too much of somebody’s time, rights, personal life, etc. 侵占（某人的时间）；侵犯（某人的权利）；扰乱（某人的生活） - [intransitive] encroach (on/upon something)
to slowly begin to cover more and more of an area 侵蚀，蚕食（地区）
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘obtain unlawfully, seize’; formerly also as incroach): from Old French encrochier ‘seize, fasten upon’, from en- ‘in, on’ + crochier (from croc ‘hook’, from Old Norse krókr).