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Verb: trespass  'tres,pas or tres-pus [N. Amer], tres-pus [Brit]
  1. Enter unlawfully on someone's property
    "Don't trespass on my land!";
    - intrude
     
  2. Pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
    "The teenagers trespassed onto private land";
    - transgress, overstep
     
  3. Make unwelcome demands on or intrude upon
    "She is trespassing upon my privacy"; "I don't want to trespass on your hospitality";
    - take advantage
     
  4. [archaic] Commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
    "He felt he had trespassed by lying to his parents";
    - sin, transgress
Noun: trespass  'tres,pas or tres-pus [N. Amer], tres-pus [Brit]
  1. Entry to another's property without right or permission
    "The hikers were unaware of their trespass onto private land";
    - encroachment, violation, intrusion, usurpation
     
  2. An unlawful interference with someone's property rights
    "The company filed a lawsuit for trespass against the protesters who refused to leave their property"

Derived forms: trespassed, trespassing, trespasses

Type of: actus reus, breach, break, civil wrong, go against, infract, misconduct, offend, outrage, pass, tort, transgress, use, violate, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct

Encyclopedia: Trespass