as in wandered
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 trespassed
An investigation revealed the suspect had trespassed and peered into a home through a glass door.
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Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
There were, after all, the men who trespassed, as if my young body was theirs to forage.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Last year Google fired 28 employees after some trespassed at the company's facilities.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
Cincinnati police say two men trespassed in Paycor Stadium overnight, with one accused of trying to steal a barbecue smoker.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Aug. 2025
Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
There were, after all, the men who trespassed, as if my young body was theirs to forage.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Last year Google fired 28 employees after some trespassed at the company's facilities.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
Cincinnati police say two men trespassed in Paycor Stadium overnight, with one accused of trying to steal a barbecue smoker.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trespassed
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In Jacksonville, Florida, a 5-year-old wandered away from home in the early morning hours.—
Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Despite its common name, this creature wasn’t simply a lion that wandered into the Americas.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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When a mother tree is felled, the survival rate of many of its seedlings may be drastically reduced, a process not unlike the reciprocal feedback loop of Yggdrasill, whose deterioration in response to discord in the nine realms spells cosmic collapse.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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There are also beautifully observed moments toward the end with Dorotea and Riccardo; and a moving reckoning with death when Mariano’s favorite horse, a stallion named Elvis, is felled by illness and the president refuses to end his suffering by having the animal put to sleep.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Aug. 2025
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Regulators are questioning whether OpenAI has strayed from its original public-benefit mission in favor of commercial growth—recent suicides linked to ChatGPT have also complicated the issue.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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This is the furthest Supermassive Games has strayed from the cinematic and orchestrated vision that defined the last 10 years of the studio.—
Echo Apsey,
Space.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Others were offended by the variety of items in the dish.—
Michael Nied,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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The novel, published to immediate controversy in India—an obscenity suit was filed over its portrayal of an intercaste romance—offended her Syrian Christian kin, who grumbled about misrepresentation.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Trespassed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trespassed. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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