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   Tres·pass

   /ˈtrespəs/

   

   verb

   • 1. enter the owner's land or property without permission: "there is no excuse for trespassing on railroad property" Similar enter without permissionintrude onencroach oninvadeinfringeimpinge onarchaic:entrench on
   • ▪ make unfair claims on or take advantage of (something): "she really must not trespass on his hospitality" Similar take advantage ofimpose onmake use ofplay onexploitabusemake unfair claims on
   • 2. commit an offense against (a person or a set of rules): archaic, literary "a man who had trespassed against Judaic law" Similar wrongdo wrong tocause harm tooffenddistress

   noun

   • 1. entry to a person's land or property without their permission: "the defendants were guilty of trespass" Similar unlawful entryintrusionencroachmentinvasioninfringementimpingement
   • 2. a sin or offense: archaic, literary "the worst trespass against the goddess Venus is to see her naked and asleep" Similar sinwrongwrongdoingtransgressioncrimeoffensemisdeedmisdemeanorerrorlapsefall from gracerare:malefaction

   Word Origin Middle English (in trespass (sense 2 of the verb)): from Old French trespasser ‘pass over, trespass’, trespas ‘passing across’, from medieval Latin transpassare (see trans-, pass1).

   Scrabble Points: 10

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