Réduire peu à peu les droits ou l'espace de quelqu'un.
To gradually take away someone's rights or space.
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Les nouvelles règles empiètent sur notre vie privée. — The new rules encroach on our privacy.
Le désert gagne du terrain sur les terres cultivées. — The desert is encroaching on the farmland.
Je ne veux pas empiéter sur ton temps libre. — I don't want to encroach on your free time.
Les mauvaises herbes gagnent du terrain sur le potager chaque été. — Weeds encroach on the vegetable beds every summer.
Ce contrat empiète-t-il sur nos droits ? — Does this contract encroach on our rights?
La forêt a lentement gagné du terrain sur la vieille route. — The forest has slowly encroached on the old road.
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