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 | Crobinson@al.com, 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 | Jsharp@al.com, 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 | Jsharp@al.com, 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

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