trespasser

C2 Topic:Crime & Justice
US /ˈtres.pæs.ɚ/ UK /ˈtres.pə.sə/
noun Freq #43366

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a person who enters or remains on another person's land or property without permission or legal right

    The landowner may ask a trespasser to leave but cannot use unlimited force against them.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a person who enters or... intruderunauthorized entrant
Opposites
inviteeauthorized visitor
Word family
Forms trespassers

Etymology

Formed from trespass plus the agent suffix -er. Trespass came through Old French trespasser, 'to pass across or beyond,' from tres-, 'beyond,' and passer, 'to pass.' The legal noun thus names a person who crosses the boundary of another's rights or land.

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