trespass
verb
[ ˈtrɛspəs ]
• enter someone's land or property without permission.
• "there is no excuse for trespassing on railway property"
Similar:
enter without permission,
intrude on,
encroach on,
invade,
infringe,
impinge on,
entrench on,
• commit an offence against (a person or a set of rules).
• "a man who had trespassed against Judaic law"
trespass
noun
• entry to a person's land or property without permission.
• "the defendants were guilty of trespass"
• a sin or offence.
• "the worst trespass against the goddess Venus is to see her naked and asleep"
Similar:
sin,
wrong,
wrongdoing,
transgression,
crime,
offence,
misdeed,
misdemeanour,
error,
lapse,
fall from grace,
malefaction,
Origin:
Middle English (in trespass (sense 2 of the verb)): from Old French trespasser ‘pass over, trespass’, trespas ‘passing across’, from medieval Latin transpassare (see trans-, pass1).
