trespassed

Definition of trespassednext
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 people who trespassed at the Capitol, and committed disorderly behavior, enabled the mob violence. 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
  • Gleicher, an infertility specialist now based in New York, and his young family were eating dinner at Bice when his daughter Anja wandered away from their table.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
  • His resume also includes finding a patient with dementia who wandered away from a care facility and tracking down a bank robbery suspect.
    Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • In Greek tragedies, the hero is felled by a fatal flaw.
    Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Apartment buildings were felled by air strikes, and smoke billowed from the blasts; the buzz of Israeli drones filled the air.
    Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026
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  • Stanton’s disdain for immigrants led her into emergent realms of pseudoscience that would transform into eugenics; her rhetoric about women strayed from the principle of gender equality into essentialist ideas about women’s feminine specialness.
    Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The video shows former president strayed from his prepared remarks during the deposition.
    Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
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
Verb
  • You can’t even get properly offended by Jordan because the cope is so transparent.
    Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Everyone can stop being offended now.
    AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 10 Mar. 2026

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“Trespassed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trespassed. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.

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