as in wandering
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 trespassing
Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025
Denver7 reported that authorities had received three reports of a suspicious person trespassing on private properties along State Highway 103 this week, including two properties on Peaceful Valley Lane in Idaho Springs on Monday.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
In its heyday, the series was forced to contend with photographers trespassing on the set, hiding in bushes and trees in hopes of capturing major spoilers.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
The driver refuses to get out and argues that police are trespassing on private property.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Both entry points require hikers to stay in the riverbed—which is public land according to Texas law—the entire time to avoid trespassing.
—Eva Frederick, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2025
Never dig or trim plants on the other side of the fence, which could be construed as trespassing.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025
Between March 9 and June 23, reporting shows that the county has spent about $9,200 jailing people whose booking charges were only related to camping, storing personal property outdoors and, in some cases, also trespassing.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Both have a no-trespassing ordinance for the building.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
During the 2022 incident, an unknown person motioned toward Newton to arrest Mitchell for trespassing.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025
Denver7 reported that authorities had received three reports of a suspicious person trespassing on private properties along State Highway 103 this week, including two properties on Peaceful Valley Lane in Idaho Springs on Monday.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
In its heyday, the series was forced to contend with photographers trespassing on the set, hiding in bushes and trees in hopes of capturing major spoilers.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
The driver refuses to get out and argues that police are trespassing on private property.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Both entry points require hikers to stay in the riverbed—which is public land according to Texas law—the entire time to avoid trespassing.
—Eva Frederick, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2025
Never dig or trim plants on the other side of the fence, which could be construed as trespassing.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025
Between March 9 and June 23, reporting shows that the county has spent about $9,200 jailing people whose booking charges were only related to camping, storing personal property outdoors and, in some cases, also trespassing.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Both have a no-trespassing ordinance for the building.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trespassing
Verb
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The cubs had been found wandering without their mother near Poway in late March.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Sep. 2025
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Bertis Sutton, Ruth’s son, told Global News in June that his mother has early stage Alzheimer’s but had not shown signs of being disoriented or wandering away.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Those remains still saturate the soil of the now quaint hills and regrown forests surrounding the salient that once proved so vital to preventing the invading German forces from reaching Paris.—
Michael Jerome Plunkett
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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With less money being invested by record labels into touring, that has created a top-heavy artist hierarchy, with the rich getting richer and the poor and middle class falling by the wayside.—
Roy Trakin,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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The group acknowledged a need to modernize the government's data gathering processes, which have been hampered by falling survey response rates.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Advertisement Last week’s brazen Israeli airstrikes against Hamas negotiators in Doha turbocharged those anxieties.—
Firas Maksad,
Time,
25 Sep. 2025
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Read All About It A Missouri woman was sentenced to more than four years in prison in a brazen and blundering attempt to steal Graceland from the family of Elvis Presley.—
Christian Orozco,
NBC news,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Still, Crane has crossed the luxury tax during each of the past two seasons, straying from the precedents set earlier in his ownership tenure.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Inside the patchwork design, its detailed patterns with polka dots and geometric shapes modernize the look without straying too far from traditional barn quilts.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Gemma reluctantly agrees to rebuild her impudent robot in a new body, and the sequel ends with an explosive showdown between Amelia and M3GAN, who nearly dies in a noble attempt to save Gemma and her niece, Cady (Violet McGraw).—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
29 June 2025
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Fortunately, Snow White’s newfound enlightenment does not deny her the possibility of romance, although princes are now strictly off-limits; her love interest here is a fetchingly impudent bandit, Jonathan (Andrew Burnap), who is leading a scrappy rebellion against the Evil Queen.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Beautiful, not perfect; Alex can be rude, insolent, and subject to wild emotional swings and failures of decorum and logic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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The movie’s startling originality is in its spirit, its insolent ironies.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 July 2025
Verb
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Is the streamer afraid of offending hate groups by depicting them as hateful and/or groups?—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 Sep. 2025
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In New Zealand, murder carries a mandatory life sentence and judges are required to set a prison term of at least 10 years before the offending person can apply for parole, according to the outlet.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Trespassing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trespassing. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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