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Noun trespass has 2 senses
- trespass - a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages
--1 is a kind of tort, civil wrong
--1 has particulars:
- trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion, usurpation - entry to another's property without right or permission
--2 is a kind of wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
--2 has particulars: inroad
Verb trespass has 5 senses
- trespass, intrude - enter unlawfully on someone's property; "Don't trespass on my land!"
--1 is one way to transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
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- trespass, take advantage - make excessive use of; "You are taking advantage of my good will!"; "She is trespassing upon my privacy"
--2 is one way to use
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- trespass - break the law
--3 is one way to transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
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- sin, transgress, trespass - commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
--4 is one way to transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
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- transgress, trespass, overstep - pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
--5 is one way to pass, go through, go across
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