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trespass

noun verb

An intentional interference with another's property or person.

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Word Facts

Word length
8
Starts with
T
Ends with
S
Contains
RE
Scrabble score
10
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

/ˈtɹɛspəs/ /ˈtɹɛspəs/ /ˈtɹɛspæs/

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. An intentional interference with another's property or person.

  2. Sin

verb

  1. To commit an offence; to sin.

  2. To offend against, to wrong (someone).

  3. To go too far; to put someone to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude.

    “to trespass upon the time or patience of another”

  4. To enter someone else's property illegally.

  5. To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go.

  6. To decree that a person shall be arrested for trespassing if he or she returns to someone else's land.

    “The dean trespassed the streaker from his university.”

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Example Sentences

to trespass upon the time or patience of another
The dean trespassed the streaker from his university.

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