to trespass

Examples

• All

• This is private property, and you're trespassing.

  The Beekeeper (2024)

• You are not allowed to trespass in this private area without permission.

• We have just as much right to trespass here as you do.

  Doom Asylum (1988)

• This property is posted, you boys are trespassing.

  The Klansman (1974)

• I didn't intend to trespass on your territory.

  The Honorary Consul (1983)

• You're trespassing in a restricted area!

  The Cable Guy (1996)

• - You're trespassing.

  S1m0ne (2002)

• You're trespassing.

  Slayground (1983)

• They caught him trespassing on their lawn late at night.

• The sign clearly states that it is illegal to trespass on these grounds.

Synonyms

I

to intrude

vsto trespass

105 4.4

To go into a place or conversation where you are not welcome

can also mean crossing formal legal or property boundaries beyond mere presence

I

to invade

vsto trespass

77 4.1

To enter someone's space or private life without permission

is often less aggressive and can be simple limit crossing

I

to infringe

vsto trespass

• Formal

68 6.8

Break a rule or law and go against someone's rights

also covers physical boundary crossing and nonlegal limit violations

E

to encroach

vsto trespass

27 7.3

To gradually move into someone else's area, space, or rights without permission

covers that slow action but also any one-time boundary or rule crossing

I

to intrude on

vsto trespass

22 4.6

To go into someone's space or life without permission

is broader, applying to legal and physical limit breaches as well

E

to encroach upon

vsto trespass

2 6.8

To gradually move into someone's personal space, rights or privacy

includes both gradual and sudden crossings of limits or rules

Antonyms

A

to abide

114 3.4

To follow a rule or law

Compounds

C

continuing trespass

• Formal

9.9

Something that stays on someone else's land without permission, like a parked truck

T

trespass de bonis asportatis

• Archaic

9.9

A court case to get money for goods someone took without permission

T

trespass on the case

• Archaic

9.9

A court action to get money when someone causes harm indirectly

T

trespass quare clausum fregit

• Archaic

9.9

A case for money after someone enters your land without permission

T

trespass vi et armis

• Archaic

9.9

An act using force that hurts a person or damages property

How Far

to transgress

12 7.8

to trespass

70 5.9

to overstep

11 5.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology