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

Translations

Hausfriedensbruch

invasão

παραβίαση

invasión

παράβαση

παράπτωμα

violation

invadir

Übertretung

pecar

αδίκημα

αμάρτημα

αμαρτία

καταπατώ

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.