TRESPASSING

invasive, encroaching(a), trespassing

(adjective) gradually intrusive without right or permission; “we moved back from the encroaching tide”; “invasive tourists”; “trespassing hunters”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

trespassing (countable and uncountable, plural trespassings)

unauthorized entry to private property

Verb

trespassing

present participle of trespass

Source: Wiktionary

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TRESPASS

Tres"pass, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trespassed; p. pr. & vb. n. Trespassing.] Etym: [OF. trespasser to go across or over, transgress, F. trépasser to die; pref. tres- (L. trans across, over) + passer to pass. See Pass, v. i., and cf. Transpass.]

1. To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go. [Obs.] Soon after this, noble Robert de Bruce . . . trespassed out of this uncertain world. Ld. Berners.

2. (Law)

Definition: To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon the land of another.

3. To go too far; to put any one to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude; as, to trespass upon the time or patience of another.

4. To commit any offense, or to do any act that injures or annoys another; to violate any rule of rectitude, to the injury of another; hence, in a moral sense, to transgress voluntarily any divine law or command; to violate any known rule of duty; to sin; -- often followed by against. In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord. 2 Chron. xxviii. 22.

Tres"pass, n. Etym: [OF. tr, F. trépas death. See Trespass, v.]

1. Any injury or offence done to another. I you forgive all wholly this trespass. Chaucer. If ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Matt. vi. 15.

2. Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a known rule of duty; sin. The fatal trespass done by Eve. Milton. You . . . who were dead in trespasses and sins. Eph. if. 1.

3. (Law) (a) An unlawful act committed with force and violence (vi et armis) on the person, property, or relative rights of another. (b) An action for injuries accompanied with force. Trespass offering (Jewish Antiq.), an offering in expiation of a trespass.

– Trespass on the case. (Law) See Action on the case, under Case.

Syn.

– Offense; breach; infringement; transgression; misdemeanor; misdeed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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