trespass

/ˈtrɛspæs/

/ˈtrɛspɑs/

Other forms: trespassing; trespasses; trespassed

To trespass is to illegally enter someone's property or overstep your bounds in another way.

Have you ever seen a "No trespassing" sign? If so, you probably know it means "Keep out" and that trespassing is to go somewhere unlawfully. If you break into a store that's closed or enter a stranger's yard, you're trespassing and could be arrested. Also, trespassing refer to other types of stepping over boundaries. If you lie to a friend, that's a type of trespassing. Taking advantage of someone is trespassing. Both kinds of trespassing are violations.

Definitions of trespass

1. verb

   enter unlawfully on someone's property
   “Don't trespass on my land!”

   synonyms: intrude

   types:

   break, break in

   enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act

   crack

   gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions

   type of:

   breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate

   act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
2. verb

   pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
   synonyms: overstep, transgress

   type of:

   go across, go through, pass

   go across or through
3. verb

   make excessive use of
   “She is trespassing upon my privacy”

   synonyms: take advantage

   types:

   encroach, entrench, impinge, trench

   impinge or infringe upon

   type of:

   use

   seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage
4. verb

   break the law
   type of:

   breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate

   act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
5. noun

   entry to another's property without right or permission
   synonyms: encroachment, intrusion, usurpation, violation

   types:

   inroad

   an encroachment or intrusion

   type of:

   actus reus, misconduct, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct

   activity that transgresses moral or civil law
6. noun

   a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages
   types:

   continuing trespass

   trespass that is not transient or intermittent but continues as long as the offending object remains

   trespass de bonis asportatis

   an action brought to recover damages from a person who has taken goods or property from its rightful owner

   trespass on the case

   an action brought to recover damages from a person whose actions have resulted indirectly in injury or loss

   trespass quare clausum fregit

   the defendant unlawfully enters the land of the plaintiff

   trespass viet armis

   trespass with force and arms resulting in injury to another's person or property

   type of:

   civil wrong, tort

   (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
7. verb

   commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
   synonyms: sin, transgress

   types:

   fall

   yield to temptation or sin

   type of:

   breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate

   act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
8. noun

   an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
   synonyms: sin, sinning

   types:

   fall

   a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity

   actual sin

   a sin committed of your own free will (as contrasted with original sin)

   original sin

   a sin said to be inherited by all descendants of Adam

   deadly sin, mortal sin

   an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace

   venial sin

   a pardonable sin regarded as entailing only a partial loss of grace

   pride, superbia

   unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)

   envy, invidia

   spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)

   avarice, avaritia, covetousness, greed, rapacity

   reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

   acedia, laziness, sloth

   apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)

   anger, ira, ire, wrath

   belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

   gluttony, gula, overeating

   eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)

   lust, luxuria

   self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins)

   type of:

   evildoing, transgression

   the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle