TRESPASSING Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in invading

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trespassing

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verb

present participle of trespass

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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The company sued him for trespassing on its vacant property next to his home. — Jena Brooker, ProPublica, 6 July 2026 Instead of Cady as rapist, Cape Fear seems to be going for a general theme of Cady as violator, someone who is trespassing not singularly on a female body but on the Bowdens’ trustworthiness. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026 Kaufmyn was found guilty of interfering with a business, trespassing with intent to interfere with a business, unlawful assembly and refusal to disburse at a riot. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 10 June 2026 As if breaking the law would offer a symbolic release from this double bind, the third video documents Liden trespassing into the apartment of an anonymous hoarder. — Erika Landström, Artforum, 2 June 2026 Walking on private ground without permission is clearly trespassing in Montana. — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026 Residents of the Pyramid Acres subdivision in southwest Tarrant County say landowner Nancy Rimmer has unlawfully blocked their access to Bear Creek, a navigable public waterway, by posting no-trespassing signs, installing surveillance cameras and hiring armed guards. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2026 Hours after his release, North Patrol Deputies responded to a business near Fair Oaks Boulevard and San Lucas Way for a report of the same man trespassing on property. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 3 May 2026 While monitoring predators at Python Cave — which is home to Egyptian fruit bats confirmed to be infected with the virus — in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park, scientists recorded hundreds of humans trespassing to visit the area. — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026

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The 74-day war was sparked when the then-military government in Argentina landed an invading force on the islands and ended with a British victory that followed hundreds of casualties on both sides.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Normally, the innate immune system’s job is to provide a rapid, nonspecific response to an invading pathogen and to alert other, more specialized immune cells to prepare for battle.

— Claire Maldarelli, Scientific American, 22 May 2026

Definition of invading

Verb

The animal dragged the bag across the course before wandering off, leaving the golfers with a story that’s sure to be a hole-in-one at the clubhouse.

— Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Following in the wasteland-wandering footsteps of its successful Fallout series, Amazon Prime is tripling down on live-action game adaptations.

— Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026

Definition of wandering

Adjective

This brazen act should be seen as nothing more than an attempt to prevent the public from knowing what is happening in their country by intimidating journalists from doing their jobs.

— David Folkenflik, NPR, 11 July 2026
That’s despite Musk promising Tesla’s fleet would grow to hundreds of thousands by the end of this year, a characteristically brazen prediction with little bearing on reality.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 9 July 2026

Definition of brazen

Verb

Try to find a place that will block blowing or falling debris.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
Snow rooms, enclosed caverns of ice and snow, sometimes incorporating gently falling flakes, are the latest at-home flex for some of the world’s wealthiest, according to the New York Times.

— Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 15 July 2026

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Hundreds of wild horses straying outside a swath of territory spanning California and Nevada are set to be rounded up starting Wednesday, July 8.

— Paris Barraza, USA Today, 8 July 2026
About 50 yards below me a water fence is built out into the river to keep cattle from straying.

— Ralph Tuttle, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026

Definition of straying

Adjective

In the 18th century, lusty also meant insolent, which might have conveyed Anderson’s frustrations with Dina’s unwillingness to accept his authority over her.

— Carolyn Zola, The Conversation, 11 June 2026
Meanwhile, the insolent and hyper-confident Ruben (Stuart Campbell as a teen and Gadd as a grown-up) has been in trouble with the law from a tender age.

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026

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