trespass

Definitions


[ˈtrɛspəs], (Verb)

Definitions:
- enter someone's land or property without permission
(e.g: there is no excuse for trespassing on railway property)

- commit an offence against (a person or a set of rules)
(e.g: a man who had trespassed against Judaic law)


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Origin:
Middle English (in trespass): from Old French trespasser ‘pass over, trespass’, trespas ‘passing across’, from medieval Latin transpassare(see trans-, pass)


[ˈtrɛspəs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- entry to a person's land or property without permission
(e.g: the defendants were guilty of trespass)

- a sin or offence
(e.g: the worst trespass against the goddess Venus is to see her naked and asleep)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in trespass): from Old French trespasser ‘pass over, trespass’, trespas ‘passing across’, from medieval Latin transpassare(see trans-, pass)




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