trespassverb [ I ]
uk/ˈtres.pəs/us/ˈtres.pæs/trespass verb [ I ] (BREAK LAW)
to go onto someone's land or enter their building without permission:
I hope this is a public footpath and we're not trespassing on someone's land.
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Crimes against property
- arson
- criminal damage
- fire-raising
- fly-posting
- hooligan
- interloper
- vandalism
- vandalize
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Arriving, entering and invading
trespass verb [ I ] (NOT MORAL)
old use to do something or act in a way that is not morally acceptable
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Religious concepts: sin
- commit
- immortal
- mortal sin
- original sin
- penance
- purification
- sin 1
- sinful
- sinner
- the seven deadly sins
- venial
trespasser
noun [ C ] uk/ˈtres.pə.sər/us/ˈtres.pæs.ɚ/
Can't you read the sign? It says "Trespassers will be prosecuted!"
Phrasal verb(s)
trespass on/upon sth
trespassnoun
uk/ˈtres.pəs/us/ˈtres.pæs/trespass noun (BREAK LAW)
[ C or U ] the crime of going onto someone's land or entering someone's building without permission:
the law of trespass
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Crime - general words
- carrying-on
- complicit
- complicity
- copycat
- crime
- drink-driving
- DWI
- foul play
- hate crime
- inside job
- juvenile delinquent
- loitering
- misdeed
- offense
- speeding
- tort
- vagrant
- victimless
- war crime
- wrongdoing
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trespass noun (NOT MORAL)
[ C ] old use an offence in which you break a moral or religious law:
Forgive us our trespasses.
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Religious concepts: sin
- commit
- immortal
- mortal sin
- original sin
- penance
- purification
- sin 1
- sinful
- sinner
- the seven deadly sins
- venial
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Morally wrong and evil