trespasser

noun

as in offender

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Recent Examples of trespasser The reports began last August, with a report of a daytime trespasser, who wasn’t located. — Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026 In ruling on the motion, Pasco County Circuit Court Judge Joshua Riba acknowledged Garrett was a trespasser. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026 Federal investigators and Denver police are continuing to piece together what led up to a deadly runway incident at Denver International Airport in which a trespasser was struck and killed by a departing Frontier Airlines plane. — Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 13 May 2026 The system’s operator reviewed the alarm but assumed the motion detected had been nearby deer, and did not see the trespasser on the camera. — The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 13 May 2026 In a statement Sunday, airport CEO Phil Washington characterized the person who was killed as a trespasser. — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 10 May 2026 Disney Channel alum Dylan Sprouse reportedly held a trespasser at gunpoint outside his Los Angeles home early Friday and tackled the man before authorities arrived at the scene. — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026 One of them told Felder that the precinct had received a complaint about a trespasser at the synagogue. — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trespasser
  1. offender
  2. wrongdoer
  3. criminal
  4. sinner
  5. perpetrator
  6. felon
  7. lawbreaker
  8. transgressor
Noun
  • Hansen’s sentence was first reduced to 25 years to life, and the state later created a pathway to earlier parole for many youthful offenders serving life sentences.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
  • From names like ChatGPT and Gemini to Meta AI, Perplexity, and even Grok, the report identifies which chatbots are the most privacy-friendly and transparent in their practices and which are the worst offenders.
    — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of offender
Noun
  • New York’s Bivens Act remedies this by extending the protections of Section 1983 to all individual government wrongdoers — including federal ones.
    — Joel B. Rudin, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026
  • The better approach would focus on reasonableness and negligence, where wrongdoers face accountability.
    — Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 17 June 2026
Definition of wrongdoer
Noun
  • Boxing is fun especially when the boxer in question is beating up criminals in East London.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Working together to track these flows would reduce the chance that international criminals can extend their reach beyond any single jurisdiction.
    — Alvin Camba, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of criminal
Noun
  • That relationship was based on sinners confessing their sins to this vicar.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 14 June 2026
  • More joy in Heaven over one sinner who repents than ninety-nine righteous people who’ve got nothing to repent.
    — Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Definition of sinner
Noun
  • But, in an unexpected twist for the ranger, the faith leader is involved in the robberies though as a victim not a perpetrator.
    — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Video recordings and documents detail how investigators pursued the case, and the possibility of abuse, for months but failed to identify a perpetrator.
    — Amy Brittain, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of perpetrator
Noun
  • He has been charged with murder, assault, and being a 10-time felon in possession of a firearm, court records show.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Randy and Ramon Landa were also charged with being a felon possessing a weapon, sheriff’s police said.
    — Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of felon
Noun
  • The Common Law principles that shape sentencing are about accountability for the lawbreaker’s actions.
    — DP Opinion, Denver Post, 23 May 2026
  • Rollins is running for a job in justice, ostensibly to uphold the law and hold lawbreakers accountable.
    — Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
Definition of lawbreaker
Noun
  • Helen is depicted variously in art and literature as both a transgressor and as a victim of abduction.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of transgressor

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“Trespasser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trespasser. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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