verb
- Enter unlawfully on someone's property.
- usage: "Don't trespass on my land"
- Make excessive use of.
- usage: "You are taking advantage of my good will"; "She is trespassing upon my privacy"
- synonyms: trespass, take advantage
- Break the law.
- synonyms: trespass
- Commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law.
- synonyms: sin, transgress, trespass
- Pass beyond (limits or boundaries.
- synonyms: transgress, trespass, overstep
adjective
- Gradually intrusive without right or permission.
- usage: "we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists"; "trespassing hunters"
- synonyms: encroaching, invasive
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