trespasser


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tres·pass

 (trĕs′pəs, -păs′)
intr.v. tres·passed, tres·pass·ing, tres·pass·es
1. Law To commit an unlawful injury to the person, property, or rights of another, with actual or implied force or violence, especially to enter onto another's land wrongfully.
2. To infringe on the privacy, time, or attention of another: "I must ... not trespass too far on the patience of a good-natured critic" (Henry Fielding).
3. To commit an offense or a sin; transgress or err.
n. (trĕs′păs′, -pəs)
1. Law
a. The act of trespassing.
b. A suit brought for trespassing.
2. An intrusion or infringement on another.
3. The transgression of a moral or social law, code, or duty. See Synonyms at breach.

[Middle English trespassen, from Old French trespasser : tres-, over (from Latin trāns-; see trans-) + passer, to pass; see pass.]

tres′pass·er n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.trespasser - someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permissiontrespasser - someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
unwelcome person, persona non grata - a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome
boarder - someone who forces their way aboard ship; "stand by to repel boarders"
entrant - someone who enters; "new entrants to the country must go though immigration procedures"
crasher, gatecrasher, unwelcome guest - someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying
infiltrator - an intruder (as troops) with hostile intent
encroacher, invader - someone who enters by force in order to conquer
penetrator - an intruder who passes into or through (often by overcoming resistance)
prowler, sneak, stalker - someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions
pusher, thruster - one who intrudes or pushes himself forward
squatter - someone who settles on land without right or title
stranger, unknown, alien - anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
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trespasser

noun intruder, unwelcome visitor, invader, poacher, infringer, interloper Trespassers will be prosecuted.
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Translations
مُتَعَدٍّ، مُذْنِب
vetřelec
birtokháborító
previnilec
kršitelj
izinsiz giren kişi

trespasser

[ˈtrespəsəʳ] Nintruso/a m/f
"trespassers will be prosecuted""entrada terminantemente prohibida"
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

trespasser

[ˈtrespəsər] nintrus(e) m/f (dans une propriété privée)
"Trespassers will be prosecuted" → "Défense d'entrer sous peine de poursuites"
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

trespasser

nUnbefugte(r) mf; “trespassers will be prosecuted”widerrechtliches Betreten wird strafrechtlich verfolgt; the farmer found a trespasser on his landder Bauer fand einen Eindringling auf seinem Land
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

trespasser

[ˈtrɛspəsəʳ] n (Bible, Law) → trasgressore m
"trespassers will be prosecuted" → "vietato l'accesso - i trasgressori saranno puniti secondo i termini di legge"
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

trespass

(ˈtrespəs) verb
to enter illegally. You are trespassing (on my land).
noun
the act of trespassing.
ˈtrespasser noun
a person who trespasses.
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References in classic literature ?
A hasty pursuit and brief search of the grounds in the belief that the trespasser was some one secretly visiting a servant proving fruitless, he entered at the unlocked door and mounted the stairs to my mother's chamber.
Scarlett Trent," she said, "it is I who should apologise, for I am a flagrant trespasser. You must let me explain."
Here it was even worse than in the garden; there Boxtel was only a trespasser, here he was a thief.
At first she thought it was some trespasser, but a second look showed her that it was her uncle returning from an early dip into the sea.
Yes, the house must be inhabited, and we will see by whom; for imagination is a licensed trespasser: it has no fear of dogs, but may climb over walls and peep in at windows with impunity.
A warning snarl told him that the trespasser was Spitz.
Toller lets him loose every night, and God help the trespasser whom he lays his fangs upon.
By the time I had got to the corner, the trespassers, whoever they were, had run into the shrubbery at the off side of the walk, and were hidden from sight among the thick trees and bushes in that part of the grounds.
'And remind me to have a board done about trespassers, and spring guns, and all that sort of thing, to keep the common people out.
Some skin-flint, who loved better the reflecting surface of a dollar, or a bright cent, in which he could see his own brazen face; who regarded even the wild ducks which settled in it as trespassers; his fingers grown into crooked and bony talons from the long habit of grasping harpy-like; -- so it is not named for me.
Then it was never 'Trespassers will be prosecuted' in their land, but would people please not come in.
It follows that if the whole area of terra firma is owned by A, B and C, there will be no place for D, E, F and G to be born, or, born as trespassers, to exist.