trespass
Plural: trespasses
Noun
- a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages
- entry to another's property without right or permission
- An intentional interference with another's property or person.
- sin
Verb
Verb Forms: trespassed, trespassing, trespasses
- To enter someone's land or property without permission.
- enter unlawfully on someone's property
- "Don't trespass on my land!"
- make excessive use of
- "She is trespassing upon my privacy"
- break the law
- commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
- pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
- To commit an offence; to sin.
- To offend against, to wrong (someone).
- To go too far; to put someone to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude.
- To enter someone else's property illegally.
- To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go.
- To subject [someone] to a trespass notice, formally notifying them that they are prohibited from entry to a property, such that any current or future presence there will constitute trespass, (especially) criminal trespass
Examples
- Playing an invalid word is like TRESPASSING on the rules of Scrabble, resulting in a penalty.
- The dean trespassed the streaker from his university.
- to trespass upon the time or patience of another
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed into Middle English trespas, from Old French trespas (“passage; offense against the law”), from trespasser.
Synonyms
encroachment, intrude, intrusion, overstep, sin, take advantage, transgress, usurpation, violation, cross the line, exceed, surpass, transcend
Scrabble Score: 10
trespass: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtrespass: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
trespass: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary