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Definition of 'trespass'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) trespass
wrongful entry upon the lands of another.

2.  trespass
an unlawful act causing injury to the person, property, or rights of another.

3.  trespass
the action to recover damages for such injury.

4.  trespass
an encroachment or intrusion.

5.  trespass
an offense, sin, or wrong.

6. (v.i.) trespass
to commit a trespass.

7.  trespass
to encroach on a person's privacy, time, etc.; infringe (usu. fol. by on or upon).

8.  trespass
to commit a transgression or offense; transgress; offend; sin.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME trespas transgression < OF, der. of trespasser=tres- (< L trāns-trans -) +passer to pass)

Definition of 'trespass'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) trespass
a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages

2. (verb) trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion, usurpation
entry to another's property without right or permission

3. (verb) trespass, intrude
enter unlawfully on someone's property
"Don't trespass on my land!"

4. (verb) trespass, take advantage
make excessive use of
"You are taking advantage of my good will!"; "She is trespassing upon my privacy"

5. (verb) trespass
break the law

6. (verb) sin, transgress, trespass
commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law

7. (verb) transgress, trespass, overstep
pass beyond (limits or boundaries)

Definition of 'trespass'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) trespass
to go onto private land without permission
They were caught trespassing on the estate.

Definition of 'trespass'

Webster Dictionary

1.  trespass
any injury or offence done to another

2.  trespass
any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a known rule of duty; sin

3.  trespass
an unlawful act committed with force and violence (vi et armis) on the person, property, or relative rights of another

4.  trespass
an action for injuries accompanied with force

5. (verb) trespass
to pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go

6. (verb) trespass
to commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon the land of another

7. (verb) trespass
to go too far; to put any one to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude; as, to trespass upon the time or patience of another

8. (verb) trespass
to commit any offense, or to do any act that injures or annoys another; to violate any rule of rectitude, to the injury of another; hence, in a moral sense, to transgress voluntarily any divine law or command; to violate any known rule of duty; to sin; -- often followed by against

Translation of 'trespass'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to enter illegally You are trespassing (on my land).
Afrikaans: oortree, betree	Arabic: يَتَعَدّى على، يَتَجاوَز،	Bulgarian: влизам в чужда собственос
Brazilian: invadir	Czech: vniknout bez povolení	German: unbefugt betreten
Danish: trænge ind	Greek: καταπατώ (ιδιοκτησία)	Spanish: entrar sin autorización;
Estonian: sisse tungima, (õigustess	Farsi: بی اجازه داخل شدن	Finnish: tunkeutua laittomasti
French: s'introduire sans permiss	Hebrew: לְהָסִיג גְבוּל	Hindi: अतिक्रमण करना
Croatian: neovlašteno ući (u tuđi p	Hungarian: vki területén engedély né	Indonesian: menerobos
Icelandic: faraí heimildarleysi inn	Italian: sconfinare, (introdursi a	Japanese: 侵入する
Korean: 불법 침입하다	Lithuanian: neteisėtai įeiti	Latvian: ieiet bez atļaujas svešā
Malay: menceroboh	Dutch: overtreden	Norwegian: ferdes uten lov på privat
Polish: wkraczać bez zezwolenia	Persian: بی اجازه داخل شدن	Pashto: پرته له اجازی داخلیدل
Portuguese: invadir	Romanian: aîncălca/a viola (o pro	Russian: вторгаться в чужие владен
Slovak: vstúpiť na cudzí majetok	Slovenian: nepooblaščeno vstopiti	Serbian: neovlašćeno ući na posed
Swedish: inkräkta, göra intrång	Thai: ล่วงล้ำ	Turkish: izinsiz girmek
Taiwanese: 非法進入	Ukrainian: порушувати чуже право вол	Urdu: بے جا مداخلت کرنا
Vietnamese: xâm phạm	Chinese: 非法进入
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