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TRESPASS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Entry to another's property without right or permission

Synonyms:

encroachment; intrusion; trespass; usurpation; violation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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)

Derivation:

trespass (enter unlawfully on someone's property)

Sense 2

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)

Derivation:

trespass (break the law)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pass beyond (limits or boundaries)

Synonyms:

overstep; transgress; trespass

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "trespass" is one way to...):

pass (go across or through)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law

Synonyms:

sin; transgress; trespass

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)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "trespass"):

fall (yield to temptation or sin)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 3

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

Derivation:

trespass (a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Make excessive use of

Example:

She is trespassing upon my privacy

Synonyms:

take advantage; trespass

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

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

Sense 5

Meaning:

Enter unlawfully on someone's property

Example:

Don't trespass on my land!

Synonyms:

intrude; trespass

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)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "trespass"):

break; break in (enter someone's (virtual or real) 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)

Derivation:

trespass (entry to another's property without right or permission)

trespasser (someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission)

Credits

 Context examples: 

I won't be trespassed upon.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Janet ventured to suggest that my aunt might be disturbing herself unnecessarily, and that she believed the donkey in question was then engaged in the sand-and-gravel line of business, and was not available for purposes of trespass.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

But the interruption, and the disorder she was thrown into by the struggle outside, put an end to all softer ideas for the present, and kept my aunt indignantly declaiming to Mr. Dick about her determination to appeal for redress to the laws of her country, and to bring actions for trespass against the whole donkey proprietorship of Dover, until tea-time.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)