accroach
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
accroach \ac*croach"\ ([a^]k*kr[=o]ch"), v. t. [OE. acrochen, accrochen, to obtain, OF. acrochier, F. accrocher; [`a] (L. ad) + croc hook (E. crook).]
1.To hook, or draw to one's self as with a hook. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
2.To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives. [1913 Webster]
They had attempted to accroach to themselves royal power.— Stubbs.[1913 Webster]