Trespass

['trespəs] or ['trɛspəs]

Definition

(noun.) entry to another's property without right or permission.

(noun.) a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages.

(verb.) break the law.

(verb.) enter unlawfully on someone's property; 'Don't trespass on my land!'.

(verb.) make excessive use of; 'You are taking advantage of my good will!'; 'She is trespassing upon my privacy'.

Checker: Paulette--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i.) To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go.

(v. i.) To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon the land of another.

(v. i.) To go too far; to put any one to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude; as, to trespass upon the time or patience of another.

(v. i.) To commit any offense, or to do any act that injures or annoys another; to violate any rule of rectitude, to the injury of another; hence, in a moral sense, to transgress voluntarily any divine law or command; to violate any known rule of duty; to sin; -- often followed by against.

(v.) Any injury or offence done to another.

(v.) Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a known rule of duty; sin.

(v.) An unlawful act committed with force and violence (vi et armis) on the person, property, or relative rights of another.

(v.) An action for injuries accompanied with force.

Checker: Pamela

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. [1]. Transgress, offend, sin, commit an offence.[2]. Encroach, infringe, intrude, make inroad or invasion, trench, enter unlawfully.

n. [1]. Transgression, crime, sin, misdeed, misdemeanor, offence, delinquency.[2]. Injury, infringement, encroachment, invasion.

Edited by Barton

Synonyms and Antonyms

[See SHARP]

SYN:Infringement, violation, transgression, encroachment, damage,[See TRANSGRESS]

Edited by Gillian

Definition

v.i. to pass over a limit or boundary: to enter unlawfully upon another's land: to inconvenience by importunity: to intrude: to injure or annoy another: to sin.—n. act of trespassing: any injury to another's person or property: a sin.—ns. Tres′passer; Tres′pass-off′ering an offering in expiation of a trespass or sin (See Lev. xiv. 12-18).

Typist: Mabel