trespass

🇺🇸 /ˈtrespæs/ 🇬🇧 /ˈtrespəs/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP20000
intransitive verb
R

enter an area without permission

He was warned for trespassing on the neighbor's property.

R

commit a moral wrong

Trespassing on someone's privacy is not acceptable.

noun
R

the act of entering without permission

Trespassing is a punishable offense.

R

an immoral act

Lying is considered a trespass against honesty.

translation

vi. enter an area without permission; commit a moral wrong
n. the act of entering without permission; an immoral act

Word Forms

3rd Present trespasses
Past trespassed
Perfect trespassed
Progressive trespassing
Plural trespasses