All accroach synonyms

verb accroach

• take over — the act of taking.
• hijack — to steal (cargo) from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop: to hijack a load of whiskey.
• impound — to shut up in a pound or other enclosure, as a stray animal.
• lift — to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
• pick up — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
• wrest — to twist or turn; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist.
• supplant — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
• confiscate — If you confiscate something from someone, you take it away from them, usually as a punishment.
• presume — to take for granted, assume, or suppose: I presume you're tired after your drive.
• seize — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
• assume — If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.
• commandeer — If the armed forces commandeer a vehicle or building owned by someone else, they officially take charge of it so that they can use it.
• preempt — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
• appropriate — Something that is appropriate is suitable or acceptable for a particular situation.
• take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
• usurp — to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right: The pretender tried to usurp the throne.
• demand — If one thing demands another, the first needs the second in order to happen or be dealt with successfully.
• activate — If a device or process is activated, something causes it to start working.
• annex — If a country annexes another country or an area of land, it seizes it and takes control of it.
• arrogate — If someone arrogates to themselves something such as a responsibility or privilege, they claim or take it even though they have no right to do so.
• sequestrate — Law. to sequester (property). to confiscate.
• sequester — to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement; seclude.
• snatch — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
• requisition — the act of requiring or demanding.
• draft — a drawing, sketch, or design.
• grab — to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
• liberate — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
• conscript — A conscript is a person who has been made to join the armed forces of a country.
• swipe — a strong, sweeping blow, as with a cricket bat or golf club.
• dispossess — to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
• acquire — If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
• anticipate — If you anticipate an event, you realize in advance that it may happen and you are prepared for it.
• obtain — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
• bump — If you bump into something or someone, you accidentally hit them while you are moving.
• snare — one of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum.
• abstract — An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.
• nail — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
• salvage — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
• nip — to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
• nab — to arrest or capture.
• snag — a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
• purloin — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
• pluck — to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc.: to pluck feathers from a chicken.
• pocket — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
• filch — to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer: to filch ashtrays from fancy restaurants.
• snitch — to snatch or steal; pilfer.
• abduct — If someone is abducted by another person, he or she is taken away illegally, usually using force.
• misappropriate — to put to a wrong use.
• pinch — to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
• borrow — If you borrow something that belongs to someone else, you take it or use it for a period of time, usually with their permission.