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UK
/tɹˈɛspəs/
]
[ US /ˈtɹɛsˌpæs, ˈtɹɛspəs/ ]
[ US /ˈtɹɛsˌpæs, ˈtɹɛspəs/ ]
VERB
- pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
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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
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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
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.