TRESPASS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trespass mean?
• TRESPASS (noun)
The noun TRESPASS has 2 senses:
1. a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages
2. entry to another's property without right or permission
Familiarity information: TRESPASS used as a noun is rare.
• TRESPASS (verb)
The verb TRESPASS has 5 senses:
1. enter unlawfully on someone's property
2. make excessive use of
3. break the law
4. commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
5. pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
Familiarity information: TRESPASS used as a verb is common.
Dictionary entry details
• TRESPASS (noun)
Meaning:
A wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("trespass" is a kind of...):
civil wrong; tort ((law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trespass"):
continuing trespass (trespass that is not transient or intermittent but continues as long as the offending object remains)
trespass de bonis asportatis (an action brought to recover damages from a person who has taken goods or property from its rightful owner)
trespass on the case (an action brought to recover damages from a person whose actions have resulted indirectly in injury or loss)
trespass quare clausum fregit (the defendant unlawfully enters the land of the plaintiff)
trespass viet armis (trespass with force and arms resulting in injury to another's person or property)
Meaning:
Entry to another's property without right or permission
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
usurpation; encroachment; trespass; violation; intrusion
Hypernyms ("trespass" is a kind of...):
actus reus; misconduct; wrongdoing; wrongful conduct (activity that transgresses moral or civil law)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trespass"):
inroad (an encroachment or intrusion)
• TRESPASS (verb)
Meaning:
Enter unlawfully on someone's property
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
trespass; intrude
Context example:
Don't trespass on my land!
Hypernyms (to "trespass" is one way to...):
breach; break; go against; infract; offend; transgress; violate (act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "trespass"):
break; break in (enter someone's property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Also:
trespass (make excessive use of)
Meaning:
Make excessive use of
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
take advantage; trespass
Context examples:
You are taking advantage of my good will! / She is trespassing upon my privacy
Hypernyms (to "trespass" is one way to...):
use (seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "trespass"):
encroach; entrench; impinge; trench (impinge or infringe upon)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Break the law
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "trespass" is one way to...):
breach; break; go against; infract; offend; transgress; violate (act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
sin; transgress; trespass
Hypernyms (to "trespass" is one way to...):
breach; break; go against; infract; offend; transgress; violate (act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "trespass"):
fall (yield to temptation or sin)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
overstep; transgress; trespass
Hypernyms (to "trespass" is one way to...):
go across; go through; pass (go across or through)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
