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
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
Another 6% said they were arrested for trespassing.
—Stephen Przybylinski, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2025
Downey said most off-roader-related calls have been logged as trespassing complaints.
—Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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
Another 6% said they were arrested for trespassing.
—Stephen Przybylinski, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2025
Downey said most off-roader-related calls have been logged as trespassing complaints.
—Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 29 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trespassing
Verb
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The three of them, dressed in flip-flops and T-shirts, were wandering the streets downtown when a woman in a minivan pulled over to offer them a ride.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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The strangers spend the day wandering down the movie's eponymous street while a vibrant chemistry blossoms between them.—
Hannah Kerns,
PEOPLE,
7 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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This can be something forceful falling or pressing on the toe or twisting it in an awkward manner.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Borrowers aged 18 to 29 are also falling 90 or more days late on auto loans faster than older borrowers.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Would Ballmer try something so brazen?—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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No president before has been so brazen in punishing honesty.—
Dan Perry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The lawsuit follows other legal battles Musk has launched against OpenAI and Apple, accusing them of monopolistic practices and straying from OpenAI’s original mission.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
2 Sep. 2025
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The company tends to settle for mid-tier brands and celebrities in their marketing, straying from its core strength in winterwear, Jiang added.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
27 Aug. 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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When arthritis pain flares up, the area around the offending joint becomes inflamed and slightly acidic.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 Sep. 2025
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The optimal solution for economic self-harm is not to conjure an elaborate rebate mechanism but to scale back the offending tariffs at the first opportunity.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Trespassing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trespassing. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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