intrusion
noun
in·tru·sion
in-ˈtrü-zhən 
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Firewalls, intrusion detection systems, anti-malware software and email filtering are essential tools in your arsenal.
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Jeffery Stutzman, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Image Image Saltwater intrusion is threatening Lake Gatún’s other main function — namely, providing drinking water for half the country’s people.
—Charlie Cordero, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
The rising sea level in North Carolina is also impacting the ecosystem, with saltwater intrusion in coastal forests resulting in mass die-offs of cypress trees.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Intriguingly, the prefrontal cortex, the seat of high-level rational thinking, had a particularly high concentration of these intrusions.
—Martin Picard, Scientific American, 3 Jan. 2025
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Jeffery Stutzman, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Image Image Saltwater intrusion is threatening Lake Gatún’s other main function — namely, providing drinking water for half the country’s people.
—Charlie Cordero, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
The rising sea level in North Carolina is also impacting the ecosystem, with saltwater intrusion in coastal forests resulting in mass die-offs of cypress trees.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Intriguingly, the prefrontal cortex, the seat of high-level rational thinking, had a particularly high concentration of these intrusions.
—Martin Picard, Scientific American, 3 Jan. 2025
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intrusion
noun
in·tru·sion
in-ˈtrü-zhən
1
: the act of intruding : the state of being intruded
2
: the entry by force of melted rock into or between other rock formations
Legal Definition
intrusion
noun
in·tru·sion
in-ˈtrü-zhən
1
a
: the entry at common law of a stranger after a particular estate of freehold is determined before the person who holds it in remainder or reversion has taken possession
b
: the act of wrongfully entering upon, seizing, or taking possession of the property of another
2
: a trespassing on or encroachment upon something (as a right)
the Fourth Amendment demands that the showing of justification match the degree of intrusion—Berger v. New York, 388 U.S. 41 (1968)
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