trespassed

past tense of trespass
as in wandered
to commit an offense I consider him to be trespassing against all of us when he trespasses against any one of us

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Recent Examples of trespassed The mother had also requested that Field be trespassed from the property. Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 12 June 2026 Emory claimed that day that those arrested were outsiders who trespassed on school property. ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026 Kelly insisted to the Washington Examiner that they were invited into the church, countering claims that the protesters trespassed. Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 22 Jan. 2026 The suit also alleges agents regularly trespassed on private property and used riot weapons, like tear gas, on people who weren’t resisting. Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 13 Jan. 2026 Michael McConnell, a Kansas City resident and one of the two volunteers charged with trespassing, told The Star in an email Friday that he and the other volunteer were not informed they had been officially trespassed until their arrests. Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2026 Parking on private property that isn't yours means Hoosiers can be asked to leave and possibly trespassed, according to Leslie Kelly, vice president of program strategy for Horizon House, an agency that supports people experiencing homelessness. Marina Johnson, IndyStar, 23 Dec. 2025 The Gordon Jewish Community Center in Nashville is suing a neo-Nazi organization after one of the hate group's members illegally trespassed at the center to intimidate local Jewish people, a news release from the Southern Poverty Law Center states. Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Dec. 2025 More than two years after the fatal shooting, Lorincz maintained her side of the story that the kids had trespassed on her property and threatened her life. Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trespassed
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  • Periodically, Bhasin interrupted the sounds of birds, rain, and jungle life to offer encouraging words to his audience—a small group, nestled on mismatched sofas and chairs, and a couple who’d wandered in for some soup.
    Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • And during those six months in the wilderness, my mind frequently wandered back to idyllic childhood days in her backyard — the smell of fresh mown grass and the music of wind chimes kissing my ears.
    Brad Ryan, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
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  • And those are the lucky ones, who weren’t felled by late-season injuries and bumped from the tournament the way Brazil’s Rodrygo, Japan’s Kaoru Mitoma and Germany’s Serge Gnabry were.
    Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026
  • There was also a giant tree stretching across Laflin Street about a block from the scene of the fire, after being felled by the storms on Wednesday.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 11 June 2026
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  • In real-world testing, some Z Grills strayed only as much as 7 degrees in either direction once completely warmed up.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
  • The Piano Man, who was born in the Bronx and raised on Long Island, hasn’t strayed too far from his New York roots.
    Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 4 June 2026
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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
Verb
  • My aunt is easily offended and deflects any criticism, while my dad avoids confrontation at any cost.
    Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
  • Still another participant was offended that anyone could be offended by the word.
    Yoni Appelbaum, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026

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