verb, noun
verb [V]
1 ~ (on sth) to enter land or a building that you do not have permission or the right to enter:
He told me I was trespassing on private land. * The sign on the fence said 'No trespassing'.
2 (old use) to do sth wrong
PHRASALVERBS
trespass on sth (formal) to make unfair use of sb's time, help, etc:
I mustn't trespass on your time any longer.
Part of speech: noun
1 [U,C] an act of trespassing on land
2 [C] (old use) something that you do that is morally wrong
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is trespass a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, trespass is tagged as noun.
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