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trespasser

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tres·pass  (trsps, -ps)
intr.v. tres·passed, tres·pass·ing, tres·pass·es
1. To commit an offense or a sin; transgress or err.
2. 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.
3. 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.
n. (trsps, -ps)
1. Transgression of a moral or social law, code, or duty.
2. Law
a. The act of trespassing.
b. A suit brought for trespassing.
3. An intrusion or infringement on another. See Synonyms at breach.

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

trespass·er n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.trespassertrespasser - 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
Translations
Spanish trespasser [ˈtrɛspəsəʳ] nintruso/a m/f;
"trespassers will be prosecuted" → "se procesará a los intrusos"

French trespasser [ˈtrɛspəsəʳ] nintrus(e);
"trespassers will be prosecuted" → "interdiction d'entrer sous peine de poursuites"

German trespasser [ˈtrɛspəsəʳ] trespass nUnbefugte(r) f(m);
"trespassers will be prosecuted" trespass → "widerrechtliches Betreten wird strafrechtlich verfolgt"

Italian trespasser [ˈtrɛspəsəʳ] ntrasgressore m;
"trespassers will be prosecuted" → "i trasgressori saranno puniti secondo i termini di legge"

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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.
Here it was even worse than in the garden; there Boxtel was only a trespasser, here he was a thief.
 
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