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trespass

[ tres-puhs, -pas ]

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noun

Law.
1. an unlawful act causing injury to the person, property, or rights of another, committed with force or violence, actual or implied.
2. a wrongful entry upon the lands of another.
3. the action to recover damages for such an injury.
an encroachment or intrusion.
an offense, sin, or wrong.

verb (used without object)

Law. to commit a trespass.
to encroach on a person's privacy, time, etc.; infringe (usually followed by on or upon ).
to commit a transgression or offense; transgress; offend; sin.

trespass

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verb

often foll byon or upon to go or intrude (on the property, privacy, or preserves of another) with no right or permission
law to commit trespass, esp to enter wrongfully upon land belonging to another
archaic.
often foll by against to sin or transgress

noun

law
1. any unlawful act committed with force or violence, actual or implied, which causes injury to another person, his property, or his rights
2. a wrongful entry upon another's land
3. an action to recover damages for such injury or wrongful entry
an intrusion on another's privacy or preserves
a sin or offence

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Derived Forms

ˈ�ٰ��貹��, noun

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of trespass¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; (noun) Middle English trespas “transgression, offense,” from Old French, derivative of trespasser, equivalent to tres- (from Latin �ٰ��Բ�- trans- ) + passer “to pass” ( pass ); (verb) Middle English trespassen, derivative of the noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of trespass¹

C13: from Old French trespas a passage, from trespasser to pass through, from tres- trans- + passer , ultimately from Latin passus a pace ¹

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Synonym Study

Trespass , encroach , infringe , intrude imply overstepping boundaries and assuming possession of others' property or crowding onto the right of others. To trespass is to pass unlawfully within the boundaries of another's property: Hunters trespass on a farmer's fields. To encroach is to creep, gradually and often stealthily, upon territory, rights, or privileges, so that a footing is imperceptibly established: The sea slowly encroached upon the land. To infringe is to break in upon or invade rights, customs, or the like, by violating or disregarding them: to infringe upon a patent. To intrude is to thrust oneself into the presence of a person or into places or circumstances where one is not welcome: to intrude into a private conversation.

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Example Sentences

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About 30,000 people each year visit anyway, according to a city study, most of them trespassing for more than a mile along oily train tracks that wend along the Sacramento River.

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His legal exposure from the Capitol riot was not of the low-level "trespassing" charges.

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Dyfed-Powys Police said it was "aware of reports of persons gaining entry to Oakwood" and had received a number of calls "indicating trespassing and potential crimes".

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He was booked on suspicion of trespassing, public nudity and being under the influence of narcotics, Sutter said.

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Since it’s Hamm’s mug and voice doing the trespassing, these cliches are easily forgiven.

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treponemiasis tress

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