Ac*croach" (#), v. t. [OE. acrochen, accrochen, to obtain, OF. acrochier, F. accrocher; a (L. ad) + croc hook (E. crook).]
1.
To hook, or draw to one's self as with a hook.
[Obs.]
2.
To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives.
They had attempted to accroach to themselves royal power.
Stubbs.
© Webster 1913.