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.
- synonyms: encroachment, violation, intrusion, usurpation
verb
- Enter unlawfully on someone's property.
- usage: "Don't trespass on my land"
- synonyms: intrude
- Make excessive use of.
- usage: "You are taking advantage of my good will"; "She is trespassing upon my privacy"
- synonyms: take advantage
- Break the law.
- Commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law.
- synonyms: sin, transgress
- Pass beyond (limits or boundaries. ).
- synonyms: transgress, overstep
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