trespasser

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Recent Examples of trespasser In ruling on the motion, Pasco County Circuit Court Judge Joshua Riba acknowledged Garrett was a trespasser. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026 Federal investigators and Denver police are continuing to piece together what led up to a deadly runway incident at Denver International Airport in which a trespasser was struck and killed by a departing Frontier Airlines plane. Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 13 May 2026 The system’s operator reviewed the alarm but assumed the motion detected had been nearby deer, and did not see the trespasser on the camera. The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 13 May 2026 An airport worker checked a surveillance camera and saw a herd of deer in the same area but did not initially see the trespasser, Washington said. Mead Gruver, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026 In a statement Sunday, airport CEO Phil Washington characterized the person who was killed as a trespasser. Dennis Romero, NBC news, 10 May 2026 Disney Channel alum Dylan Sprouse reportedly held a trespasser at gunpoint outside his Los Angeles home early Friday and tackled the man before authorities arrived at the scene. Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026 One of them told Felder that the precinct had received a complaint about a trespasser at the synagogue. Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trespasser
Noun
  • Independence Day celebrations come in the most challenging threat environment since 9/11, with the ongoing terror threat, a rise in political violence and continuing fears about lone-wolf offenders, according to Raia.
    Luke Barr, ABC News, 3 July 2026
  • There were also concerns listed in the analysis that the registry, which dates back to 1947, could include LGBTQ+ offenders from decades ago who were convicted of offenses that are no longer crimes.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • New York’s Bivens Act remedies this by extending the protections of Section 1983 to all individual government wrongdoers — including federal ones.
    Joel B. Rudin, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026
  • The overpowering moral authority of wronged women, #MeToo’s skeptics alleged, would allow cynical wrongdoers to weaponize claims of victimhood for their own gain.
    Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • Data that appears to be compliance information to a regulator can appear to be a target list to a criminal.
    Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • The Colorado attorney general oversees more than 700 attorneys and staff and manages legal manners spanning consumer protection, civil rights, criminal, water, constitutional and environmental law.
    Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • That relationship was based on sinners confessing their sins to this vicar.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 14 June 2026
  • More joy in Heaven over one sinner who repents than ninety-nine righteous people who’ve got nothing to repent.
    Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • The sophistication of the bomb used indicates that more than one perpetrator was involved, prosecutors said, adding that two men were arrested in Monaco before being released due to lack of evidence.
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
  • In April, Florida’s attorney general opened a criminal investigation into the alleged perpetrator’s interactions with ChatGPT before the 2025 mass shooting at Florida State University.
    Ryan McBain, STAT, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • He was convicted of first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm by a felon with priors in 2024 and was sentenced to life in prison.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • His prior convictions include second-degree kidnapping and possession of a firearm by a felon, according to court filings.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • The Common Law principles that shape sentencing are about accountability for the lawbreaker’s actions.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 23 May 2026
  • Rollins is running for a job in justice, ostensibly to uphold the law and hold lawbreakers accountable.
    Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Helen is depicted variously in art and literature as both a transgressor and as a victim of abduction.
    Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026

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“Trespasser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trespasser. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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