Definition of "trespass" []

• To commit an offense or a sin; transgress or err. (verb-intransitive)
• Law To commit an unlawful injury to the person, property, or rights of another, with actual or implied force or violence, especially to enter onto another's land wrongfully. (verb-intransitive)
• To infringe on the privacy, time, or attention of another: "I must . . . not trespass too far on the patience of a good-natured critic” ( Henry Fielding). (verb-intransitive)
• Transgression of a moral or social law, code, or duty. (noun)
• Law The act of trespassing. (noun)

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• "The catch & release might lessen the actual harm but a trespass is still a trespass."
• "Of course, an important difference is that to my knowledge the candlelight vigils did not engage in trespass, which the SEIU apparently did."
• "Overall, women claimants experienced mixed results in trespass matters: four won their suits; one (who took on the powerful Carter family) did not; and the results of the remaining two cases are unknown."