[syn: trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion, usurpation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Intrusion \In*tru"sion\, n. [Cf. F. intrusion. See Intrude.]
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1. The act of intruding, or of forcing in; especially, the
forcing (one's self) into a place without right or
welcome; encroachment.
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Why this intrusion?
Were not my orders that I should be private?
--Addison.
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2. (Geol.) The penetrating of one rock, while in a plastic or
metal state, into the cavities of another.
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3. (Law) The entry of a stranger, after a particular estate
or freehold is determined, before the person who holds in
remainder or reversion has taken possession.
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4. (Scotch Ch.) The settlement of a minister over a
congregation without their consent.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
intrusion
n 1: any entry into an area not previously occupied; "an
invasion of tourists"; "an invasion of locusts" [syn:
invasion, encroachment, intrusion]
2: entrance by force or without permission or welcome
3: the forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of
an earlier rock formation
4: rock produced by an intrusive process
5: entry to another's property without right or permission [syn:
trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion,
usurpation]