trespasser

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Recent Examples of trespasser The papers said the sheriff was taking a trespasser to court who’d lived in a tree for 10 years. Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2025 New security measures come as the Department of Public Safety conducts an internal review of the circumstances that led to a trespasser gaining access to the Capitol. Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trespasser
Noun
  • Insist that the federal government deploy those resources to get the violent offenders who are killing, assaulting and robbing law-abiding citizens on the city’s South and West sides.
    Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Kentucky's persistent felony offender (PFO) law, enacted in 1974 and expanded in 1976, allows for enhanced sentences for repeat felony offenders.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Maryland continues to maintain a civil justice system that favors wrongdoers instead of people innocently injured due to negligence.
    Bruce M. Plaxen, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2025
  • So, people may feel compelled to condemn the wrongdoer to restore a sense of justice.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Lawmakers in many states have changed the rules in recent decades to protect winners from being targeted by criminals and unscrupulous people asking for money.
    Safiyah Riddle, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Her Eco-Age consultancy, targeted by criminals and forced to close in 2024 after 17 years in business, had advised clients on industry developments, changes to government policies and practical guidance on how to avoid greenwashing.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • An unlicensed casino grows up to be a Baptist college, one that doesn’t shy away from its sordid past, as Christ himself never shied away from a sinner.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The only things shaky about Relish are the junkies, prostitutes, suicidal depressives, and sinners who populate Osborne's songs.
    EW Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Under the law, a health worker would need to get consent from a parent to do the exam, but in some cases the perpetrator of the assault may be that parent or another family member, Idaho Reports previously reported.
    Laura Guido, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The perpetrator behind the nonstop harassment and physical threats was Lauryn’s own mother, Kendra Licari.
    Addie Morfoot, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Two other teens, Jardan Anderson, 18, and Isaiah Daniels, 17, are charged with harboring and aiding a felon.
    Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Yarbrough is a felon with no valid firearm owners’ identification card or conceal and carry license, according to Cook County circuit court filings.
    Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Very little creates more comfort for citizens and discomfort for criminals than the threat of lawbreakers getting caught.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The world is hearing our message that America’s borders are closed to lawbreakers.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Robinhood rolled out its own perp offering in the EU a month earlier and is probably looking for a way to bring it stateside.
    Nina Bambysheva, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The cops had brought in a millionaire perp and maybe for the first time ever in Norfolk County, the hackerama couldn’t fix the case.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Aug. 2025

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“Trespasser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trespasser. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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