purpresture (English, noun)
expansion: purpresture (countable and uncountable, plural purprestures)
Senses:
glosses: The unlawful personal appropriation of public lands; wrongful encroachment on, or enclosure of properties belonging to the public (e.g. highways, sidewalks, forests, harbors).
tags: countable
historical
uncountable
Forms:
form: purprestures
tags: plural
form: pourpresture
tags: alternative