Verb: trespass 'tres,pas or tres-pus [N. Amer], tres-pus [Brit]- Enter unlawfully on someone's property
"Don't trespass on my land!"; - intrude - Make excessive use of
"She is trespassing upon my privacy"; - take advantage - Break the law
- Commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
- sin, transgress - Pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
- transgress, overstep Noun: trespass 'tres,pas or tres-pus [N. Amer], tres-pus [Brit]- 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
- encroachment, violation, intrusion, usurpation
Derived forms: trespassing, trespasses, trespassed Type of: actus reus, breach, break, civil wrong, go against, infract, misconduct, offend, pass, tort, transgress, use, violate, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct Encyclopedia: Trespass |