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Saturday, February 18, 2012

161. Encroach


From, "Latvia votes on making Russian an official language," 2/18/12, BBC News:
 
Ethnic Russians make up around a third of Latvia's two million population, and have long complained of discrimination.
But many ethnic Latvians believe the referendum is an attempt to encroach on the country's independence.

Encroach: intrude on (a person's territory or a thing considered to be a right)
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