How to Use trespass in a Sentence

trespass

1 of 2 verb

• He told me I was trespassing.
• The police said he had been warned several times before not to trespass in the area.
  — Mihir Zaveri, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2019
• Meanwhile, this isn’t the first time a fan has trespassed Swift’s property.
  — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 8 July 2023
• The homeless man, who was trespassed by Sheetz, was given a ride to a local motel.
  — John Benson, cleveland.com, 26 June 2019
• Much of the legal battles over Line 5 have stemmed from whether Enbridge is trespassing on the Band's land.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2024
• There have been two trespassing incidents at Mar-a-Lago in the last 13 months.
  — Arkansas Online, 18 Dec. 2019
• This neighbor was used to trespassing on our property all the time.
  — Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 2 Aug. 2019
• But that didn’t stop three people from trespassing and scaling the building in 2019.
  — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
• The coupling of the statutes allows Border Patrol to enforce the state trespassing law on people who stop along the border wall in the area.
  — The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2023
• They were advised not to trespass on the property, as well as to refrain from open burning.
  — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 14 Apr. 2022
• The suspects were located, told not to trespass and were released.
  — Cheryl Higley, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2022
• No charges were filed; however, the fast-food restaurant did trespass her from the location.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 6 Dec. 2022
• Both were arrested on trespassing charges and removed from the store in handcuffs.
  — Julia Malleck, Quartz, 14 June 2023
• The protesters marched up and down the edge of the property—careful not to trespass lest Broccoli call the police—while honks came in from passing cars.
  — Seyward Darby, Longreads, 10 July 2023
• Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park said in a statement that the venue is surrounded by state land and that the man had trespassed.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
• Kevin Allen declined to provide the name of the restaurant where Hernandez-Garcia trespassed.
  — oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2019
• Hammer said people from the camp trespassed on her property and broke into her home.
  — oregonlive.com, 4 July 2019
• Do not trespass under any circumstances, or arrests and heavy fines await you.
  — Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, 23 Mar. 2023
• Once upon a time, the makers of Pokémon Go mainly had to worry about reminding ardent users not to trespass or crash the car while on the hunt.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2020
• No More Deaths aid volunteers who were found guilty of trespassing after leaving food and water in a wildlife refuge.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 6 Feb. 2020
• He was also trespassed from Dollar General and ordered to not have any future contact with the victim in the 2013 case.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al.com, 24 June 2019
• The suspect had been previously advised by the police department not to trespass at the home.
  — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 5 Jan. 2020
• State Police said in a statement that the 21 were arrested on trespassing charges after being asked to leave.
  — USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2019
• He was advised to not trespass on his neighbor’s property again.
  — Cheryl Higley, cleveland, 5 Nov. 2022
• The 911 caller also claimed the person who trespassed onto the property was homeless.
  — John Sharp | [e-mail], al, 19 Sep. 2023
• The owners had license plate information for the two women, who had been trespassing on the farm, police said.
  — Cody Boteler, baltimoresun.com, 23 Oct. 2019
• Two 16-year-old boys and a 15-year-old girl were charged with criminal mischief third degree and trespassing first degree.
  — John Sharp | [e-mail], al, 9 Sep. 2023
• Collins pleaded no contest to one count of trespassing on Oct. 7, one week before her arrest outside of Garcetti’s home, records show.
  — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2019
• Loughran said the tribe hasn't allowed Enbridge to take protective steps, while Clement countered that the tribe shouldn't have to do anything since Enbridge is trespassing.
  — Todd Richmond, Quartz, 8 Feb. 2024
• Enbridge contends the judge didn’t have the authority to threaten a shutdown order and that the company is not trespassing on the Band's land.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2024

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trespass

2 of 2 noun

• He was arrested for trespass.
• Miller would instead plead guilty to unlawful trespass, and the actor would be forced to pay a penalty of $692.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2023
• The woman, 50, of Gates Mills, paid the bill and was issued a criminal trespass citation.
  — cleveland, 10 Aug. 2023
• All six were charged with criminal trespass, and one of the men was also charged with obstruction.
  — Pilar Arias, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2024
• But the school was seeking a criminal trespass warning against him.
  — Nicole Carr, ProPublica, 13 May 2023
• However, the area the two women were arrested is a street and hill away from the original trespass spot.
  — Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
• The attorneys also said the trespass order was too vague and never made in writing.
  — al, 13 Dec. 2022
• Under the deal, Miller agreed to plead guilty to unlawful trespass, a misdemeanor.
  — Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2023
• The man was charged with criminal trespass and attempted theft for the incident on Bradley Road.
  — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 4 June 2022
• Khalid Kamau was charged with criminal trespass and burglary in the first degree.
  — Landon Mion, Fox News, 9 July 2023
• Miller accepted a plea deal for a misdemeanor of unlawful trespass to avoid jail time in the Vermont case.
  — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 2 July 2023
• The single doesn’t miss a beat, as Rico trespasses, cleans and trashes a family’s home in the 1950s flashback music video.
  — Cydney Lee, Billboard, 1 May 2023
• Police arrested the Solon woman, 50, for theft, and issued her a trespass warning.
  — cleveland, 12 May 2022
• The officer located the man in question, who was charged with criminal trespass and voyeurism.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 2 Feb. 2023
• He was charged and found guilty of criminal trespass for disrupting a Davis School District meeting.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Aug. 2022
• Jackson was previously given a no trespass order from the store for thefts.
  — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2022
• Computer trespass could include the breach of voting machines in Coffee County, which is a few hours south of Fulton.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 21 July 2023
• In August, the same man was charged and found guilty of criminal trespass by the Davis School District in relation to disrupting a public meeting.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Mar. 2022
• The officer issued the woman a citation for criminal trespass and was released at the scene.
  — cleveland, 28 Feb. 2022
• In the wake of Standing Rock, 19 states have passed critical infrastructure trespass bills taking aim at protests against pipeline projects.
  — Jenna Ruddock, The New Republic, 25 Sep. 2023
• Police had warrants in that case for charges of battery, criminal trespass, aggressive driving and hit-and-run.
  — Mary Helene Hall, ajc, 19 July 2022
• At the urging of a church member, the 18-year-old had pleaded guilty months earlier to misdemeanor charges of criminal trespass and failure to disperse.
  — Nicole Carr, ProPublica, 13 May 2023
• Officers found the younger woman and summonsed her for criminal trespass.
  — cleveland, 12 Aug. 2022
• He has been charged with 84 counts of entering an auto and an additional five counts of criminal trespass.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 27 July 2023
• Miller, who uses they/them pronouns, pleaded guilty this month to a misdemeanor charge of unlawful trespass in Vermont.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2023
• He was charged with intimidation based on bigotry or bias in the second degree, breach of peace in the second degree and criminal trespass in the first degree.
  — Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2022
• He was arrested, and charged with criminal trespass, burglary and one count of offenses against the public order.
  — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2023
• And so, in this scenario, objectification is a kind of subjugation — a trespass against the agency of the one being perceived.
  — Kayla Bartsch, National Review, 10 Jan. 2024
• The intermingling of the erotic and the maternal in this scene, with its winking sanctioned trespass, seemed downright pornographic.
  — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2023
• Fowler also saw temporary restraining orders and trespass notices that exclude people from visting the schools.
  — Matt Burgess, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024