chisel (in)

verb

Definition of chisel (in)next
as in to trespass

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  1. trespass
  2. invade
  3. encroach
  4. infringe
  5. intervene
Verb
  • However, while development on the property continued, the houseless continued to trespass on the Hope Street structure.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Mortimer was charged in Palm Beach, Florida, in April 2016 with trespassing the home of ex-boyfriend Nico Fanjul, son of sugar baron Alex Fanjul.
    Diane J. Cho, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of trespass
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  • In late 2022, months after Russia fully invaded neighboring Ukraine, Moldova suffered major power outages following Russian strikes on Ukraine, which is interconnected to the Kuciurgan plant.
    Stephen McGrath and Aurel Obreja, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Even after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the organization continued to conduct such surveys and gradually restored operations to almost prewar levels.
    Anton Grushetskyi, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of invade
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  • By making huge loans with their own money, firms like Blue Owl have been encroaching on JPMorgan’s business of arranging loans of $1 billion or more to companies and private-equity firms.
    Rob Copeland, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
  • But when Tower Records began encroaching on Goody’s East Coast turf in the Eighties, my own love affair with the Goody chain began to fade out.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of encroach
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  • Last year, Levi’s settled a lawsuit accusing the Italian luxury label Brunello Cucinelli of infringing on its trademarked rectangular pocket tab.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Products that closely resemble an iconic designer item without blatantly ripping off their trademark, often called dupes, exist in a legal gray area and can cross the line from being simply an homage to a popular style to infringing on a copyright.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of infringe
Verb
  • The United States designates the Houthis as a terrorist group, and Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, U.S. allies in the region, intervened in the civil war to fight against the Houthis.
    Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • America should have more aggressively intervened almost a year ago.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of intervene
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