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 people who trespassed at the Capitol, and committed disorderly behavior, enabled the mob violence.
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Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 19 Feb. 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
The suspect is also believed to have trespassed at a property on Ute Creek Road in Idaho Springs on Thursday morning, Denver7 reported.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 19 Feb. 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
The suspect is also believed to have trespassed at a property on Ute Creek Road in Idaho Springs on Thursday morning, Denver7 reported.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trespassed
Verb
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Shopping carts had wandered away from their stores.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
22 Feb. 2026
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As elite cross-country skiers pushed to the finish in the women’s team sprint heats, a dog wandered onto the course and ran with athletes down the straightaway.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Too many people, particularly those in my age group, have been felled by a cold that morphed into pneumonia, or a UTI that landed them in the hospital, or a simple stumble on a floor mat that resulted in surgery and months of physical therapy.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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Using drone surveys to map the forest canopy, the team tested how views might shift if certain trees were felled, inching toward a location that felt both deliberate and deferential to the land.—
Leonora Epstein,
Architectural Digest,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Mazeroski was a local man who never strayed far from home.—
Jessica Riley,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
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And when receiving feedback on their performance in challenges from week to week, panel critiques frequently strayed from modeling prowess to aesthetics.—
Hunter Lacey,
Allure,
16 Feb. 2026
Verb
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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
Verb
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Gilmore Girls star Milo Ventimiglia wouldn’t be offended if his daughter watched the show and thought that Rory (Alexis Bledel) may have been better off with someone else.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Feb. 2026
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Of course we were offended…but our frequency, our spiritual vibration is tuned to a higher level than what happened.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Trespassed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trespassed. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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