trespass

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An intentional interference with another's property or person.
2. (archaic, countable, uncountable) sin

Verb

1. (archaic, intransitive) To commit an offence; to sin.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To offend against, to wrong (someone).
3. (intransitive) To go too far; to put someone to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude.
4. To enter someone else's property illegally.
5. (obsolete) To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go.
6. (New-Zealand, especially, transitive) To subject [someone] to a trespass notice, formally notifying them that they are prohibited from entry to a property, such that any current or future presence there will constitute trespass, (especially) criminal trespass

Synonyms

intrude

invade

encroach

encroachment

intrusion

transgress

infringe

violation

sin

raid

invasion

violate

offend

poach

offence

overstep

infringement

penetrate

penetration

transgression

offense

take advantage

abuse

aggression

contravene

delinquency

squeeze

intrude into

usurpation

entrench

disobey

wrong

impairment

trespassing

impinge

intrude on

pervasion

pervert

push

slight

slur

squat

take liberties

trample

trouble

wedge

infringment

bull through

encroach on

get inside

impose on

infringe on

obtrude upon

crack

crime

commit an offense

infringement of the law

deviation from rectitude

edge up

shoulder in

illegal encroachment

aggrieve

enroach

ail

attack

👊

barge

break in

butt in

contravention

crucify

edge in

encroach upon

err

foray

force

forcible entry

hack

hurt

ill-use

impingement

impinge on

incursion

infiltrate

infiltration

infract

infraction

injure

inroad

insult

interlope

irrupt

irruption

misapply

misuse

mortify

muscle

💪

obtrude

override

Translations

Hausfriedensbruch

Übertretung

violation

pecar

invasión

transgression

invasion

empiètement

eindringen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɹɛspæs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: trespas

Inherited from Middle English: trespassen

In summary

Borrowed into Middle English trespas, from Old French trespas (“passage; offense against the law”), from trespasser.