as in invading
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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
Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 29 Dec. 2024
The nonprofit tried to stop homeless people from trespassing in the building during the past few months by covering doors and installing fencing.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Mortimer was charged in Palm Beach, Florida, in April 2016 with trespassing the home of ex-boyfriend Nico Fanjul, son of sugar baron Alex Fanjul.
—Diane J. Cho, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
In January Mangione pleaded no contest to trespassing at Nu’uanu Pali Lookout, a public park in Kaneohe, Hawaii, and paid a $100 fine.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
Excessive, continuous, or untimely barking, molesting passersby, chasing vehicles, habitually attacking other domestic animals, trespassing upon school grounds, or trespassing on private property that leads to damaged property is deemed a nuisance.
—Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Dec. 2024
He was also arrested for trespassing onto a construction site in Osaka.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
According to the body camera footage and records, the officers responded to a call made by employees of a Circle K store and gas station that another man, who was white, was trespassing.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
As for the Confederate soldiers, who were supposedly hiding out after stealing Union gold, archeologists believe they were killed by Native Americans for trespassing on sacred ground.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2024
Verb
Downey said most off-roader-related calls have been logged as trespassing complaints.
—Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 29 Dec. 2024
The nonprofit tried to stop homeless people from trespassing in the building during the past few months by covering doors and installing fencing.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Mortimer was charged in Palm Beach, Florida, in April 2016 with trespassing the home of ex-boyfriend Nico Fanjul, son of sugar baron Alex Fanjul.
—Diane J. Cho, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
In January Mangione pleaded no contest to trespassing at Nu’uanu Pali Lookout, a public park in Kaneohe, Hawaii, and paid a $100 fine.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
Excessive, continuous, or untimely barking, molesting passersby, chasing vehicles, habitually attacking other domestic animals, trespassing upon school grounds, or trespassing on private property that leads to damaged property is deemed a nuisance.
—Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Dec. 2024
He was also arrested for trespassing onto a construction site in Osaka.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
According to the body camera footage and records, the officers responded to a call made by employees of a Circle K store and gas station that another man, who was white, was trespassing.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
As for the Confederate soldiers, who were supposedly hiding out after stealing Union gold, archeologists believe they were killed by Native Americans for trespassing on sacred ground.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trespassing
Verb
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Spend your days absorbing its wartime history, wandering the outdoor markets, dining on seafood, rejuvenating at a spa, or hiking secluded coastal trails before lolling on the white-sand beaches.—
Peggy Orenstein,
AFAR Media,
6 Jan. 2025
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Claire understands where Rachel’s mind is wandering and follows her train of thought.—
Lincee Ray,
EW.com,
4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Joya remembers her late husband’s brazen attitude in making that partnership happen: Herb had walked into the school district’s headquarters and asked to speak to the top person in charge.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
7 June 2025
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Meanwhile, there is brazen talk that AGI is just around the corner.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
Verb
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That was what turned last night’s game around and what may be the difference between this team getting all the way to April 6 or falling short.—
John Nogowski,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2025
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Try to find a place that will block blowing or falling debris.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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One chord appears to speak to the other, sounding almost impudent in their simplicity, equal parts ecstatic and heartbreakingly melancholic.—
Sam Davies,
Rolling Stone,
10 Mar. 2025
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In short, Moscow sees Montenegro as both strategically valuable and an impudent upstart that has thumbed its nose at the Russian bear while genuflecting before NATO and Washington.—
Edward P. Joseph,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Dec. 2016
Adjective
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One’s insolent, calling him lame and old, and the other affectedly infantile, but both are exhausting in their own way.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2025
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The government, in an insolent filing on Sunday evening, rewrote that instruction.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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While Gemini is curious, inquisitive and communicative, Virgo is preoccupied with the need for order, cohesion and productivity.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
31 May 2025
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Luke Breed: Beagle Age: 2 years Luke is a super smart and inquisitive dog with a gentle soul.—
Trish Stinger,
Kansas City Star,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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This splendid, wry satire is about a wealthy family, self-important and confident in their morality, whose blithe and bumptious existences are thrown into disarray when their father clandestinely decides to give all their money to charity, and so (in their opinions) completely destroys their lives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2025
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As Peggy Dodd, consigliere to her bumptious 1950s cult-leader husband, Adams tends to wear a soft smile and blouses buttoned to the neck — a picture-perfect model of mid-century femininity.—
Matthew Jacobs,
Vulture,
6 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The Academic Senate also passed a resolution urging the school administration to resist any intrusive government demands for reform.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
5 June 2025
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From Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses using live facial recognition to workplace monitoring software, AI has evolved beyond mere assistance into proactive—and intrusive—decision-making.—
Vivian Toh,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
Cite this Entry
“Trespassing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trespassing. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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