trespass

  • verb 1 enter someone’s land or property without their permission. 2 (trespass on) make unfair claims on or take advantage of (something). 3 (trespass against) archaic or literary commit an offence against.

  • noun 1 Law entry to a person’s land or property without their permission. 2 archaic or literary a sin; an offence.

  — DERIVATIVES trespasser noun.

  — ORIGIN Old French trespasser ‘pass over, trespass’, from Latin transpassare.

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