Words / C1

in-KURSHUN/ɪnˈkɜːʃn/

An incursion is a sudden entry into a place, often hostile or unwelcome: a border incursion, an incursion into staff time. Raid is sharper; lifestyle filming in a sitting is still a conditions breach.

Meaning

A sudden entry into a place, especially a hostile or unwelcome one (formal).

Examples

• “An incursion of lifestyle copy into an empty n is still a methods fail.”
• “An incursion of a film crew into the sitting is a conditions breach, not “colour”.”
• “Raid is sharper. Intrusion is the milder twin. Colour is a story. A timed sitting is a sealed event. Keep the crew in the foyer until the papers are bagged.”

Good to know

A sudden, often unwelcome entry. Milder: intrusion. A film crew ≠ colour in a sitting.

Near in meaning

intrusion, raid

New