trespass
/ˈtɹɛspæs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.11 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To go too far; to put someone to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude.
Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "External infrastructure issues such as severe weather and trespass caused 17.1% of [train] cancellations, [...]."
- "Network Rail has produced a free downloadable comic highlighting the consequences of railway trespass. Between March 23 and April 26, there were 1,024 trespass incidents on the railway. [...] it is based on the company's award-winning safety film 18, which shows the dangers of trespass, especially around electrified lines."
- "Newark Mayor Ras Baraka "committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings" to leave Delaney Hall, a facility being run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to acting US attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba."
- "Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us"
- "In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord."
- "And forgeve us oure trespases, even as we forgeve them which trespas us."
Etymology
Borrowed into Middle English trespas, from Old French trespas (“passage; offense against the law”), from trespasser.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: trespas, trespassen, trespasser
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɹɛspæs/
- British English: /ˈtɹɛspəs/