Word Finder - trespassing

definition

To commit an offence; to sin.

synonyms

• transgress

definition

To offend against, to wrong (someone).

definition

To go too far; to put someone to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude.

example

to trespass upon the time or patience of another

synonyms

• cross the line

definition

To enter someone else's property illegally.

definition

To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go.

synonyms

• exceed
• surpass
• transcend

definition

To decree that a person shall be arrested for trespassing if he or she returns to someone else's land.

example

The dean trespassed the streaker from his university.

definition

Unauthorized entry to private property

Illegal acts, including trespassing, are not part of pulling harmless April Fool's Day pranks on someone.

Zobair, who complained in a somewhat truculent letter that Moawiya's slaves had been guilty of trespassing.

By the English of New England and Virginia the Dutch and Swedes were regarded as intruders, and were repeatedly warned against trespassing on English soil.'

The chief points were (I) the lawfulness and expediency of certain terms employed by the Jesuits in naming God Almighty, such as Tien, " Heaven," and Shang-ti, " Supreme Ruler" or "Emperor," instead of Tien-Chu, " Lord of Heaven," and in particular the erection of inscribed tablets in the churches, on which these terms were made use of; 2 (2) in respect to the ceremonial offerings made in honour of Confucius, and of personal ancestors, which Ricci had recognized as merely "civil" observances; (3) the erection of tablets in honour of ancestors in private houses; and (4), more generally,- sanction and favour accorded to ancient Chinese sacred books and philosophical doctrine, as not really trespassing;on Christian faith.

If you would like to deter stray cats from trespassing in your garden or backyard, there are several safe, non toxic, and effective ways that you can make cat repellent.

A juvenile delinquent is a minor who commits some sort of crime, usually a smaller one such as stealing or trespassing.

The latest arrest was the result of Wahler trespassing at the Waterfront Marriott hotel, fighting with friends and then punching a hotel security guard.

But it is hard to avoid the feeling that this story is more about 'lookism' than about man trespassing in God's domain.

Joseph asked Fred for a marker and cardboard and began making "No Trespassing" signs, signifying he planned a visit to the mine later.

Kris had managed to create a barrier around the chamber to keep Immortals from trespassing via the shadow world.

Unfortunately, 'No Trespassing' is a more familiar sign to this sport, than this one.

Of trespassers the number killed per mile of line is about as large in England as in America, the density of population and of traffic in Great Britain apparently counterbalancing the laxity of the laws against trespassing in America.

As the London Convention had stipulated that there should be no trespassing on the part of the Boers over their specified boundaries, and as Natal had been the basis for those operations against the Zulus on the part of the British in 187 9, which alone made such an annexation of territory possible, a strong feeling was once more aroused in Natal.

Trespassing.