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Definition of trespass verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

trespass

verb
 
/ˈtrespəs/
 
/ˈtrespæs/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they trespass
 
/ˈtrespəs/
 
/ˈtrespæs/
he / she / it trespasses
 
/ˈtrespəsɪz/
 
/ˈtrespæsɪz/
past simple trespassed
 
/ˈtrespəst/
 
/ˈtrespæst/
past participle trespassed
 
/ˈtrespəst/
 
/ˈtrespæst/
-ing form trespassing
 
/ˈtrespəsɪŋ/
 
/ˈtrespæsɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [intransitive] trespass (on something) to enter land or a building that you do not have permission or the right to enter
    • He told me I was trespassing on private land.
    • The sign on the fence said ‘No trespassing’.
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
  2. [intransitive] (old use) to do something wrong
    3. Word OriginMiddle English (in sense (2)): from Old French trespasser ‘pass over, trespass’, trespas ‘passing across’, from medieval Latin transpassare (see trans- and the verb pass).
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