trespasser

Example Sentences

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The deceased person was a trespasser who breached security, scaled a perimeter fence, and ran onto the runway.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

More than half of the calls that the unarmed responders handle involve some type of disturbance, with reports of a prowler or trespasser as the next most common category.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

That means if an unauthorized person is on private property, officers can take action against the trespasser without contacting the property owner first.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025

The Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, where the teenage trespasser entered from a roof hatch, was an early adopter in Wisconsin, which has since provided mapping grants to about 200 districts.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024

Light entered as a trespasser, unwanted and unwelcome, and soon was gone again; cookfires, candles, and rushes burned for a little while, then guttered out again, their brief lives at an end.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin