intrusion
noun
in·tru·sion
in-ˈtrü-zhən 
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This significantly lowers the barrier for cyberattacks and increases the speed and efficiency of data theft—sometimes in minutes, before security teams even detect an intrusion.
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Keren Katz, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
No casualties were recorded during this intrusion, and no radio station employees were present at the scene.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
Members of a generation that’s been addled by the internet’s intrusions since birth, many of them seem much less bullish about chasing mass appeal.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
The airspace intrusions in the heavily congested south Florida airspace have prompted fighter jet intercepts but did not alter Mr. Trump's schedule or impact his security, officials said.
—CBS News, 9 Mar. 2025
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Keren Katz, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
No casualties were recorded during this intrusion, and no radio station employees were present at the scene.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
Members of a generation that’s been addled by the internet’s intrusions since birth, many of them seem much less bullish about chasing mass appeal.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
The airspace intrusions in the heavily congested south Florida airspace have prompted fighter jet intercepts but did not alter Mr. Trump's schedule or impact his security, officials said.
—CBS News, 9 Mar. 2025
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“Intrusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intrusion. Accessed 25 Mar. 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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