trespass

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[ UK /tɹˈɛspəs/ ]
[ US /ˈtɹɛsˌpæs, ˈtɹɛspəs/ ]

VERB

pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
make excessive use of
You are taking advantage of my good will!
She is trespassing upon my privacy
commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
break the law
enter unlawfully on someone's property
Don't trespass on my land!

NOUN

a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages
entry to another's property without right or permission

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How To Use trespass In A Sentence

Where there is an incursion into the airspace of a landowner within the reasonable height then this prima facie gives rise to claim to trespass:
Of course, an important difference is that to my knowledge the candlelight vigils did not engage in trespass, which the SEIU apparently did. The Volokh Conspiracy » Another Item on the SEIU Protest
The farmer said we were trespassing.
They admitted trespass and another minor rap to avoid three months on remand. The Sun
C., jury awarding Food Lion $ 5. 5 million in damages for fraud and trespassing.
The vent itself may be trespassing on your land, especially when its cover is attached, depending on where the legal boundary lies. Times, Sunday Times
Just a month after that he was cited for trespassing and being under the influence of a controlled substance after passing out in a neighbor’s (empty at the time) home.
The defendants have a counterclaim for damages for trespass against the plaintiff.
Perhaps in my guilt I had subconsciously decided that the plea `forgive us our trespasses" in the Lord's Prayer was inadequate. ULTIMATE PRIZES
Some people took direct action and stood in front of the bulldozers but they were arrested and fined for trespassing.

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