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 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 How the climbing couple got past security Prosecutors told the judge on July 2 that the defendants had trespassed overnight in the building before making the climb. Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 2 July 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trespassed
Verb
  • The Denver encounter also came just days after a mother bear and cub wandered into the city's Harvey Park neighborhood.
    Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Sant Ambroeus Aspen A bear recently wandered into a restaurant in Aspen, while another was spotted on Colorado State University's campus during move-in week.
    Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Rincker, a German immigrant, was known for casting the bell that hung from the first Cook County Courthouse, which was felled by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Frightened that she may be plagued by the same mental illness that felled her mom, Gemma stubbornly refuses to believe anything is wrong.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • 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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  • 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
  • Patterson indicated he wasn’t offended when the Dolphins signed Gonzalez as competition.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The question that has been most persistently posed by the press—whether M is based on Cusk’s real-life acquaintance Natalie Portman, who is reportedly offended by the implication—has an answer as obvious as the very line of inquiry is tedious.
    Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026

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“Trespassed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trespassed. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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