Noun: trespass
| Singular | trespass |
| Plural | trespasses |
Sample Sentences
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External infrastructure issues such as severe weather and trespass caused 17.1% of [train] cancellations, [...]. [2019 December 18, Andrew Roden, “New measurements reveal improvement in punctuality”, in Rail, page 24:]
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Network Rail has produced a free downloadable comic highlighting the consequences of railway trespass. Between March 23 and April 26, there were 1,024 trespass incidents on the railway. [...] it is based on the company's award-winning safety film 18, which shows the dangers of trespass, especially around electrified lines. [2020 June 17, “Stop & Examine”, in Rail, page 71:]
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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka "committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings" to leave Delaney Hall, a facility being run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to acting US attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba. [2025 May 9, Max Matza, “New Jersey mayor arrested in protest at migrant centre”, in BBC:]
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Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 6:14–15:]
Nouns inflected like trespass
penniless-bench,
wintergrass,
kitchen pass,
grey fox,
grey box,
trailer hitch,
paleness,
loaded march,
Tush Push,
horribleness,
slaughteress,
chapparvovirus,
greenwax,
royal flush,
crab cactus,
geostress,
syngas,
wintercress,
ichthys,
ichthus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed into Middle English trespas, from Old French trespas (“passage; offense against the law”), from trespasser. See: Middle English Nouns '
trespas'.
Verbs referencing "trespass"
Galician Nouns
traspaso, Spanish Nouns
traspaso.