CHISEL (IN) Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

chisel (in)

verb

Definition of chisel (in)

as in to trespass

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There can also be other charges associated with crossing the border that aren't directly related to trespassing onto military land.

— Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
People will be able to legally — and easily — access the property without trespassing.

— Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of trespass

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That's around when the facility's general expansion began to encroach on CAH's property, according to a complaint the company filed in Texas' Cameron County 404th District Court.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2026
In what his dad (Ed Harris) calls the decline of humanity, the club is being encroached on by pickleballers clamoring for more courts.

— Christine Ledbetter, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of encroach

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Current legal avenues are also riddled with loopholes, as Big Tech fights them in court, claiming that some laws infringe on free speech.

— Allyson Kapin, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Masimo won the courtroom battle , as a federal jury in California ruled that Apple did infringe on Masimo's technology and awarded Masimo $634 million in damages.

— Harvey Stober, CNBC, 16 July 2026

Definition of infringe

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Someone who had really divested herself of personhood would simply exist without intervening in the world, the way a rock does.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
During the struggle, a firearm was discharged and struck the person who intervened in the leg, police said.

— Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026

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