trespasser

noun

as in offender

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Recent Examples of trespasser 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 An airport worker checked a surveillance camera and saw a herd of deer in the same area but did not initially see the trespasser, Washington said. — Mead Gruver, Los Angeles Times, 12 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
  • Numerous programs are being implemented to attempt to reduce the probability of recidivism through education and counseling and to reintegrate offenders into society.
    — Ronald J. Allen, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
  • Ireland has approved landmark legislation to create the country’s first public register of domestic violence offenders, in a move campaigners say will empower people to check whether a potential partner has a history of violence.
    — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 17 July 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
  • California has some of the nation’s toughest gun laws, but state lawmakers are concerned that a new technology is allowing criminals to obtain firearms by building them from scratch.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
  • This lengthy process was typical of ICE’s previous procedures to track down criminals, Sandweg said, which may have shifted under the demands of this administration’s daily arrest goals.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 18 July 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
  • The trial judge has the discretion to determine if publication is warranted based on the specifics of the case, and the perpetrator’s name will only be published if the victim gives consent.
    — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • The center also noted that about 68% of mass shooting cases that occurred from 2014 to 2019 included a perpetrator who either killed family or intimate partners, or had a history of domestic violence.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 14 July 2026
Definition of perpetrator
Noun
  • Iván stars as Joseph Santiago, a former felon who uncovers a corporate cover-up while investigating a car accident on behalf of a victim’s family.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 16 July 2026
  • Turner was convicted in May 2025 of first-degree murder and the unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
    — Eleanor Jacobs, PEOPLE, 15 July 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 25 Jul. 2026.

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