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| tres·pass [ tréspəss, tréss pàss ] |
intransitive verb (past and past participle tres·passed, present participle tres·pass·ing, 3rd person present singular tres·pass·es) |
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1. encroach on somebody: to intrude on somebody's privacy or time
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2. break moral or social law: to commit a sin or break a social law
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archaic
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3. law enter somebody else's land unlawfully: to go onto somebody else's land or enter somebody else's property without permission
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4. law cause injury: to cause injury to the person, property, or rights of another
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noun (plural tres·pass·es) |
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1. encroachment: an intrusion into somebody's privacy or time
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2. sin: a sin or act of wrongdoing
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archaic
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3. law unlawful entry onto somebody else's land: the act or an instance of going onto somebody else's land or entering somebody else's property without permission
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| [14th century. < Old French trespas "transgression" < trespasser "pass beyond or across" < medieval Latin transpassare] |
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  tres·pass·er noun |
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