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Adjective: trespassing  'tres,pas-ing [N. Amer], tres-pu-sing [Brit]
  1. Gradually intrusive without right or permission
    "trespassing hunters";
    - encroaching, invasive
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. Make excessive use of
    "She is trespassing upon my privacy";
    - take advantage
     
  3. Break the law
     
  4. Commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
    - sin, transgress
     
  5. Pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
    - transgress, overstep

See also: intrusive

Type of: breach, break, go against, infract, offend, pass, transgress, use, violate

Encyclopedia: Trespassing

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