v.
- enter someone's land or property without permission.
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(trespass on)
make unfair claims on or take advantage of (something).
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(trespass against)
archaic or literary commit an offence against (a person or a set of rules).
n.
- Law entry to a person's land or property without their permission.
- archaic or literary a sin or offence.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. trespasser ‘pass over, trespass’, trespas ‘passing across’, from med. L. transpassare (see trans-, pass1).