trespassed

Definition of trespassednext
past tense of trespass
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 Officials say this isn't the first time someone has trespassed on the property. Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 13 May 2026 Emory claimed that day that those arrested were outsiders who trespassed on school property. ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026 Kelly insisted to the Washington Examiner that they were invited into the church, countering claims that the protesters trespassed. Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 22 Jan. 2026 The suit also alleges agents regularly trespassed on private property and used riot weapons, like tear gas, on people who weren’t resisting. Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 13 Jan. 2026 Michael McConnell, a Kansas City resident and one of the two volunteers charged with trespassing, told The Star in an email Friday that he and the other volunteer were not informed they had been officially trespassed until their arrests. Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2026 Parking on private property that isn't yours means Hoosiers can be asked to leave and possibly trespassed, according to Leslie Kelly, vice president of program strategy for Horizon House, an agency that supports people experiencing homelessness. Marina Johnson, IndyStar, 23 Dec. 2025 The Gordon Jewish Community Center in Nashville is suing a neo-Nazi organization after one of the hate group's members illegally trespassed at the center to intimidate local Jewish people, a news release from the Southern Poverty Law Center states. Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Dec. 2025 More than two years after the fatal shooting, Lorincz maintained her side of the story that the kids had trespassed on her property and threatened her life. Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trespassed
Verb
  • Bum-seok listens impatiently to their second-hand accounts of tiger tracks being sighted in the mountains, leading them to assume the animal must have wandered all the way down from Siberia.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
  • The other day, an elephant wandered onto this very field.
    Diaa Hadid, NPR, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • But they were felled by poor shooting Friday, making just 35% overall and were particularly bad from long range.
    CBS News, CBS News, 2 May 2026
  • But before he was felled at age 68 by a heart attack, Joiner had shared what was in the briefcase with the lead Louisiana State Police investigator on the case, Stefan Montgomery, Joiner's son and the LSP confirmed.
    Stephanie Gosk, NBC news, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Halsey, ethereally draped in sheer white fabric, barely strayed from her post, receiving a steady procession of old friends throughout the night.
    Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 May 2026
  • Rayner is a favorite of members who think the party has strayed too far from its working-class roots and those who want the party to do more to boost the minimum wage and raise taxes on the rich.
    Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • During the week, Barton often painted an image of himself as more sinned against than sinning.
    Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • That image of God never has a problem, never has a disease, never lacks anything needful or truly desirable, and has never sinned.
    Douglas Sytsma, Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • No one should be offended at the mention of this.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
  • Someone else could disagree, get offended or think less of you depending on how an exchange goes.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 9 May 2026

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“Trespassed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trespassed. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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