trespass

Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛspæs/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages
  2. noun entry to another's property without right or permission
  3. verb enter unlawfully on someone's property

Etymology

Borrowed into Middle English trespas, from Old French trespas (“passage; offense against the law”), from trespasser.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
tort
Narrower (hyponyms)
trespass on the case, continuing trespass, trespass viet armis, trespass de bonis asportatis, trespass quare clausum fregit

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