trespasser

noun

as in offender

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Recent Examples of trespasser The reports began last August, with a report of a daytime trespasser, who wasn’t located. — Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026 In ruling on the motion, Pasco County Circuit Court Judge Joshua Riba acknowledged Garrett was a trespasser. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026 Federal investigators and Denver police are continuing to piece together what led up to a deadly runway incident at Denver International Airport in which a trespasser was struck and killed by a departing Frontier Airlines plane. — Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 13 May 2026 The system’s operator reviewed the alarm but assumed the motion detected had been nearby deer, and did not see the trespasser on the camera. — The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 13 May 2026 In a statement Sunday, airport CEO Phil Washington characterized the person who was killed as a trespasser. — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 10 May 2026 Disney Channel alum Dylan Sprouse reportedly held a trespasser at gunpoint outside his Los Angeles home early Friday and tackled the man before authorities arrived at the scene. — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026 One of them told Felder that the precinct had received a complaint about a trespasser at the synagogue. — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trespasser
  1. offender
  2. wrongdoer
  3. criminal
  4. sinner
  5. perpetrator
  6. felon
  7. lawbreaker
  8. transgressor
Noun
  • At the same hearing, a fifth defendant, Subhan Ahmed, 18, pleaded not guilty to a charge of assisting an offender.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Hisbah members also face widespread allegations of rights abuses in their enforcement operations, including subjecting offenders to dehumanizing punishments such as public beatings or shaming.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of offender
Noun
  • The Native community had its own ways of punishing wrongdoers, but Stevens’ role was to protect her client’s constitutional rights.
    — Mackenzie Farkus, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Aug. 2026
  • New York’s Bivens Act remedies this by extending the protections of Section 1983 to all individual government wrongdoers — including federal ones.
    — Joel B. Rudin, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026
Definition of wrongdoer
Noun
  • Throughout the bar are blurbs of information on cases and criminals, researched by Rose and the team.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026
  • When criminals are behind bars, their victims should finally be safe from them.
    — Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of criminal
Noun
  • Whether others saw a sinner, a hypocrite, an outcast, or even an enemy, Jesus continued to behold the perfect man.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2026
  • That relationship was based on sinners confessing their sins to this vicar.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 14 June 2026
Definition of sinner
Noun
  • The victim's mother wants to see the perpetrator locked up indefinitely.
    — Eric Mack, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • But, in an unexpected twist for the ranger, the faith leader is involved in the robberies though as a victim not a perpetrator.
    — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of perpetrator
Noun
  • Lonnie Bierbrodt, a trucker and a felon on parole, was questioned early in 1993 and had blood and hair samples taken.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • He has been charged with murder, assault, and being a 10-time felon in possession of a firearm, court records show.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of felon
Noun
  • My alderman’s office was sympathetic and advised me to take a photo of the lawbreaker’s license plate and send it to the Chicago Police Department.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The Common Law principles that shape sentencing are about accountability for the lawbreaker’s actions.
    — DP Opinion, Denver Post, 23 May 2026
Definition of lawbreaker
Noun
  • Helen is depicted variously in art and literature as both a transgressor and as a victim of abduction.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of transgressor

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“Trespasser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trespasser. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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