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trespass

[tres-puhs, -pas] / ˈtrɛs pəs, -pæs /




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The 1700s statutes were not, in fact, limited to poaching, but were also meant to prevent “armed trespass, property theft or damage, and gun violence, whether intentional or accidental.”

From Slate Jun. 25, 2026

The fearful unknowns that trespass, that make the days precarious and some nights miles long, also seed the imagination, creativity and art.

From The Wall Street Journal May 9, 2026

The church spokesman said turning Scientology properties into “targets for viral stunts is not journalism, protest or civic activity. It is trespass, harassment and disruption of religious facilities.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 28, 2026

A jury last year took their side, awarding more than $660 million in damages across three Greenpeace entities, citing charges including trespass, nuisance, conspiracy and deprivation of property access.

From Barron's Feb. 27, 2026

Each year the children had grown older, bolder, louder; but Clare had never thought they would trespass into his beloved Deadwood.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

This and other trespasses aren’t dealbreakers by today’s standards.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2025

The one who rewards you for trusting his trespasses.

From Slate Apr. 27, 2025

And yet Maxine is a good person, whose schemes and trespasses one does not quite forgive, but makes allowances for against hopeful future corrections.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 19, 2024

But as in her earlier royal biography, Brown seems perennially torn between excoriating tabloid reporters for their most egregious trespasses and reveling in their discoveries.

From New York Times Apr. 22, 2022

But Seanie always had a way of obsessing about things like they were the greatest trespasses ever committed against his pitiful soul.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith

Often, São Paulo capybaras just need rescuing after they’ve trespassed: Sometimes a capybara has made its way into a home or business overnight and needs bailing out.

From Slate May 27, 2026

This fall some 20 Russian long-range drones deliberately trespassed into Polish airspace.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 27, 2025

The group allegedly trespassed in the area of the landmark around noon and tried to hang a banner on one of the “O’s,” according to a Los Angeles Police Department Instagram post.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 1, 2025

Alina Habba, interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, posted on social media that Baraka trespassed on the property's secure area and didn't listen when federal personnel told him to leave.

From Salon May 10, 2025

It would have trespassed on his devotion to all mankind.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Officials decry the trespassing as a risky gambit that is wrecking an iconic property they want revived.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

Jon Pearce, Labour MP for High Peak, confirmed on Wednesday that dye had been ordered again to "deter people from gathering and trespassing at the site".

From BBC May 28, 2026

And a US livestreamer known as Johnny Somali was arrested in 2023 for allegedly trespassing onto a construction site.

From Barron's May 18, 2026

Kemish shows us where abandoned buildings have been boarded up after they contacted the owners about children trespassing.

From BBC May 7, 2026

Chuck Muckle exhorted the newly arrived lawmen to arrest the protesters for trespassing, truancy, and disturbing the peace.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen




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