trespasses 1 of 2

plural of trespass

trespasses

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of trespass
as in sins
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 trespasses
Noun
Those included reports of a man with a gun, three drug overdoses, 56 disorderly conducts, 11 batteries, 13 trespasses and five robberies. — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026 Bees don’t necessarily want to enter your home and bother you, but an open door or window can allow for some accidental trespasses. — Asia London Palomba, The Spruce, 7 Apr. 2026 The pattern of trespasses at Mar-a-Lago culminated in a dramatic security incident on Sunday, when an armed man carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can breached the perimeter. — Wpec Staff, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2026 These seem like minor trespasses, but when no one feels comfortable telling the truth, the influence such behavior has on the 12-year-old Janna becomes concerning. — Stephen Saito, Variety, 5 Dec. 2025 Matilda, fresh on the island, even trespasses on Beechwood and sees the wreckage herself. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025 Jake is revealed to be embezzling from his business and steadily engages in a series of moral, personal, and legal trespasses that are at least as bad as Vince’s. — Andrew Bernard, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025 But others couldn’t look past his previous trespasses. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trespasses
Noun
  • King County prosecutors charged 33 people with crimes for the May 2025 riot at UW.
    — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Giving love a bad name or Love crimes The Online Dating and Discovery Association (ODDA), a group that promotes safe online dating, has spoken out opposing Leviev's plan for the app.
    — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In April, the Actors Committee of the China Federation of Radio and Television Associations released a statement condemning such infringements and asserted that AI platforms needed to comply with the laws and strengthen their compliance rules.
    — Ling Wei, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • To complete the drama, England finished with 13, Argentina with 15 when Henry Pollock was sent to the sin-bin over team infringements and Emmanuel Iyogun, on debut, for cynical offending.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
Verb
  • John DeWitt, the four-star general who oversaw the internment program, in particular, seems to be a forerunner to some of America's worst errors, paranoia, sins.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 1 Dec. 2025
  • God’s likeness, which is our true, spiritual identity, never sins and is never punished.
    — Tony Lobl, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Jury finds Facebook liable for over 43 million violations of consumer protection law with potential penalties of more than $200 billion.
    — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The callers claim that their victims have warrants out for their arrest for missing jury duty or other violations and pressure them to deposit funds in bitcoin ATMs, officials said.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Third place was Japanese director Sabu’s Arrested Memory, a crime caper about a detective with dementia who unwittingly wanders off with a multimillion-dollar ransom, sending cops and criminals on his trail.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Perhaps most telling of all, Stone cuts the character of Carlotta, a governess born to circus performers who wanders through the play like a lost clown, origin-less, amused, and sad.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Warmer temperatures associated with El Niño can mean more precipitation falls as rain rather than snow at lower elevations, while colder, higher elevations remain more likely to see accumulating snow.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • If unit cost falls while outcomes hold or improve, there may be a case to scale.
    — Alec Scott, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • But don’t expect anything that strays too far from the Interpol sound.
    — David Harris, SPIN, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Great Television rarely strays too far from these principles.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2026

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“Trespasses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trespasses. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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