An unlawful physical invasion of propertyowned by another.

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
trespass (noun)
1.
a) a violation of moral or social ethics - transgression , especially - sin
b) an unwarranted infringement
2.
a) an unlawful act committed on the person, property, or rights of another , especially a wrongful entry on real property
b) the legal action for injuries resulting from trespass
trespass (verb)
intransitive verb
1.
a) - err sin
b) to make an unwarranted or uninvited incursion
2.
transitive verb
to commit a trespass , especially to enter unlawfully upon the land of another - violate trespass the bounds of good taste
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
trespass (noun)
1.
a breaking of a moral or legal code
SYNONYMS:
breach, crime, debt, error, lawbreaking, malefaction, misdeed, misdoing, sin, transgression, trespass, violation, wrongdoing
RELATED WORDS:
bias crime, hate crime; felony, misconduct, misdemeanor, misfeasance; fault, foible, peccadillo; break, infringement; immorality, iniquitousness, iniquity, sinfulness, vice, wickedness; corruption, debauchery, depravity, licentiousness; abuse, criminality, illegality, lawlessness, unlawfulness; descent, downfall, fall
NEAR ANTONYMS:
blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, impeccability, innocence, irreproachability; goodness, morality, righteousness, virtue, virtuousness
noncrime
trespass (noun)
2.
a failure to uphold the requirements of law, duty, or obligation
SYNONYMS:
contravention, infraction, infringement, transgression, trespass, violation
RELATED WORDS:
misconduct, misdemeanor, misfeasance, misprision, offense ( offence), sin, wrong; disregard, forgetting, ignoring, nonobservance, overlooking; delinquency, dereliction, neglect; encroachment, intrusion, invasion
NEAR ANTONYMS:
respecting, upholding
noninfringement, nonviolation, observance
trespass (verb)
to commit an offense
SYNONYMS:
err, fall, sin, stray, transgress, trespass, wander
RELATED WORDS:
breach, break, infringe, violate; backslide, lapse; mess up
NEAR ANTONYMS:
forgive, justify, pardon; regret, repent, rue
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