trespass
noun/ˈtrespəs/
/ˈtrespæs/
- [uncountable, countable] the act or crime of entering land or a building that you do not have permission or the right to enterTopics Crime and punishmentc2
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- [countable] (old use) something that you do that is morally wrong synonym sin
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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