TRESPASSED Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

trespassed

verb

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 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 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

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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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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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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

Definition of strayed

Verb

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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Goebel later emphasized that the maze was not meant to endorse everything Kirk said or did, nor dismiss concerns from people offended by some of his remarks.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Emirati leaders became deeply offended when Washington promptly billed them for that assistance.

— Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

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