trespass Definition

trespass
verb, intr trespasses, trespassed, trespassing

1. To enter (someone else's property) without the right or permission to do so.
2. To intrude on (someone's time, privacy, rights, etc).

Thesaurus: transgress, violate, infringe, intrude, invade, encroach, poach.
3. old use
To sin.

noun

1. The act or process of entering someone else's property without the right or permission to do so.
2. An intrusion into someone's time, privacy, etc.
3. old use
A sin.
Thesaurus: misdeed, offence, transgression, breach, infraction, infringement, iniquity, error, crime, sin, peccadillo, fault.

Derivative: trespasser
noun

Someone who enters someone else's property without permission.
Thesaurus: intruder, interloper, invader, poacher.

A sinner.
Thesaurus: infringer, transgressor, malefactor, wrongdoer, sinner.

Etymology: 13c: from French trespas passing across.