TRANSGRESSED Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

transgressed

verb

past tense of transgress

as in trespassed

to commit an offense I didn't realize I was transgressing when I told your sister she looked like she had lost weight

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to fail to keep don't even think about transgressing the drug laws of that Asian country, for punishments are severe and there's nothing that our government can do to intervene

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Recent Examples of transgressed According to Allen’s album, Harbour would’ve allegedly transgressed past the bounds of their open marriage. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 22 Jan. 2026 Nothing about the Commission's proceedings, moreover, transgressed the Seventh Amendment's jury trial guarantee. — Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2025 Right now, researchers can say that the biosphere boundary has been transgressed on almost all land surfaces, mainly due to agriculture. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2025

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The incident follows years of legal disputes over the pipeline, including a court ruling that Enbridge trespassed on tribal land.

— Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Since then, no one has been cited, trespassed or arrested for bringing weapons into the park, city and police officials told the Orlando Sentinel.

— Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2026

Definition of trespassed

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League officials said the Clippers violated salary cap rules by initiating off-court income opportunities and facilitating endorsement agreements for Kawhi Leonard, who was also fined $700,000.

— Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026
Editor-in-chief Erik Slavin, publisher Max Lederer, and reporter Lara Korte at Stars and Stripes – a military news outlet that is partially funded by the Pentagon – claimed their dismissals were retaliatory and violated the First Amendment.

— Miles J. Herszenhorn, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of violated

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The goal came after Furuhashi got loose on a breakaway up the middle of the pitch, only to be felled by New England’s Will Sands in the center of the box, leaving referee Drew Fischer with an easy penalty call.

— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Mosaic terrazzo floors with a palm motif are nods to both Tiberius’s villas here and the Ethiopian palm that once stood like an icon outside the hotel, which was felled by a storm in the 1960s.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026

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In July, a bipartisan panel found tech billionaire Elon Musk likely broke state law by giving $1 million checks to voters in the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026
The cheating scandal broke the internet and became a pop culture talking point.

— Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of broke

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Talley then wandered out of the media center, looking down at her phone and trying to find her friends.

— Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
One of the earliest deaths came in 1926, when a 3-year-old wandered from his home on Narragansett Avenue and fell to his demise.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of wandered

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During the week, Barton often painted an image of himself as more sinned against than sinning.

— Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
That image of God never has a problem, never has a disease, never lacks anything needful or truly desirable, and has never sinned.

— Douglas Sytsma, Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025

Definition of sinned

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There is now a new column in Ukrainian politics that is young, has experience of power and reform, and seeks to constantly remind Ukraine that its president has strayed outside of his original electoral mandate.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Shoes are way too clunky and be-socked feet on a bus are just asking to encounter a plug that’s strayed from a bunk while going round a corner.

— Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 19 Aug. 2026

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