Noun
- 1. trespass, tort, civil wrong
- usage: a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages
- 2. trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion, usurpation, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
- usage: entry to another's property without right or permission
Verb
- 1. trespass, intrude, transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
- usage: enter unlawfully on someone's property; "Don't trespass on my land!"
- 2. trespass, take advantage, use
- usage: make excessive use of; "You are taking advantage of my good will!"; "She is trespassing upon my privacy"
- 3. trespass, transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
- usage: break the law
- 4. sin, transgress, trespass, transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
- usage: commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
- 5. transgress, trespass, overstep, pass, go through, go across
- usage: pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
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