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| Main Entry: | trespass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infringe, offend |
| Synonyms: | butt in*, crash, deviate, displease, encroach, entrench, err, horn in, intrude, invade, lapse, meddle, misbehave, obtrude, overstep, penetrate, poach, poke, sin, transgress, violate, wrong, chisel in, crash the gates, do wrong by, interlope, kibitz, mix in, muscle in, nose in, stick nose in |
| Antonyms: | retreat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meddling, impedance |
| Synonyms: | arrest, background, barring, clashing, conflict, hindrance, intervention, intrusion, obstruction, opposition, prying, resistance, backseat driving, barging in, blocking, checking, choking, clogging, hampering, intermeddling, interposition, meddlesomeness, retardation, tackling, tampering, trespassing |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, help |
| Main Entry: | violation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | breach; breaking of the law |
| Synonyms: | abuse, break, breaking, encroachment, infraction, infringement, misbehavior, misdemeanor, negligence, offense, rupture, transgression, trespass, wrong, contravention, illegality, nonobservance, transgressing, trespassing, violating |
| Antonyms: | obedience, observance |
| Main Entry: | break in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intrude |
| Synonyms: | barge in, breach, butt in*, interfere, interject, interrupt, intervene, invade, meddle, raid, rob, steal, trespass, break and enter, burglarize, burgle, burst in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | commit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform an action |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, act, carry out, complete, contravene, do, enact, execute, offend, perpetrate, pull, pull off*, scandalize, sin, transgress, trespass, violate, wreak, effectuate, go for broke, go in for, go out for |
| Antonyms: | cease, desist, end, idle, loaf, rest, stop, wait |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contravene |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go against, contradict |
| Synonyms: | abjure, breach, break, combat, counteract, cross, defy, disaffirm, disobey, encroach, exclude, fight, gainsay, hinder, impugn, infringe, interfere, interpose, intrude, negate, offend, oppose, overstep, refute, reject, repudiate, resist, spurn, thwart, transgress, traverse, trespass, violate, conflict with, infract |
| Antonyms: | agree, aid, allow, approve, assent, assist, concur, consent, endorse, help, permit, uphold |
| Main Entry: | encroach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | invade another's property, business |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, arrogate, barge in*, butt in*, crash, entrench, horn in, impinge, infringe, interfere, interpose, intervene, intrude, meddle, overstep, trench, trespass, usurp, elbow in, make inroads, muscle in, put two cents in, squeeze in, stick nose into, work in, worm in |
| Antonyms: | keep off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | err |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a mistake; do wrong |
| Synonyms: | blow*, blunder, deviate, fall, flub*, foul up*, goof*, lapse, mess up*, misapprehend, misbehave, miscalculate, misjudge, muff*, offend, screw up*, sin, snafu*, stray, stumble, transgress, trespass, wander, be in error, be inaccurate, be incorrect, be mistaken, bollix, boo-boo, drop the ball, go astray, go wrong, louse up, make a mess of, slip up*, snarl up |
| Antonyms: | correct |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | forget |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave behind |
| Synonyms: | blink, discount, disregard, drop, fail, ignore, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, skip, slight, transgress, trespass, lose sight of |
| Antonyms: | carry, remember, take |
| Main Entry: | impose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set, dictate |
| Synonyms: | appoint, burden, charge, command, compel, constrain, decree, demand, encroach, enforce, enjoin, establish, exact, fix, foist, force, horn in, inflict, infringe, institute, introduce, intrude, lay, levy, oblige, obtrude, ordain, order, place, prescribe, presume, promulgate, put, require, saddle*, trespass, visit, wish, wreak, wreck, force upon, lade, lay down, lay down the law, move in on, put foot down, read riot act, take advantage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | infringe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | violate |
| Synonyms: | borrow, breach, break, contravene, crash, disobey, encroach, entrench, impose, intrude, invade, lift, meddle, obtrude, offend, pirate, presume, steal, transgress, trespass, infract |
| Notes: | to impinge is to come into contact or encroach or have an impact; to infringe is to encroach on a right or privilege or to violate |
| Antonyms: | comply, discharge, obey, observe |
| Main Entry: | invade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack and encroach |
| Synonyms: | access, assail, assault, breach, crash, entrench, foray, infect, infest, infringe, inroad, interfere, loot, maraud, meddle, occupy, overrun, penetrate, permeate, pervade, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, storm, trespass, violate, burglarize, burst in, descend upon, fall on, go in, make inroads, muscle in, overspread, overswarm, swarm over |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield, leave alone |
| Main Entry: | meddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intervene, interfere |
| Synonyms: | advance, barge in, busybody*, butt in*, encroach, encumber, hinder, horn in, impede, impose, infringe, inquire, interpose, intrude, invade, mess around*, molest, obtrude, pry, snoop*, tamper, trespass, abuse rights, break in on, chime in, come uninvited, crash the gates, dabble in, fool with, interlope, intermeddle, kibitz, mix in, push in, put two cents in, sidewalk-superintend, stick nose in, worm in |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge, ignore, stay out of |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misbehave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act in inappropriate manner |
| Synonyms: | act up, carry on, cut up, deviate, fail, fool around*, misconduct, offend, roughhouse, sin, transgress, trespass, be at fault, be bad, be dissolute, be guilty, be immoral, be indecorous, be insubordinate, be mischievous, be out of line, be out of order, be reprehensible, bend the law, do evil, do wrong, get into mischief, go astray, go wrong, make trouble, sow wild oats, take a wrong turn |
| Antonyms: | behave, obey |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | offend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | displease, insult |
| Synonyms: | affront, aggrieve, anger, annoy, antagonize, disgust, disoblige, distress, disturb, exasperate, fret, gall, horrify, hurt, irritate, jar, miff, nauseate, nettle, outrage, pain, pique, provoke, repel, repulse, rile, shock, sicken, sin, slight, slur, snub, sting, transgress, trespass, upset, vex, wound, zing*, be disagreeable, disgruntle, turn one off |
| Antonyms: | compliment, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | penetrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pierce; get through physically |
| Synonyms: | access, barge in, bayonet, bore, break in, charge, come, crack, diffuse, drill, drive, encroach, enter, force, get in, go through, gore, impale, infiltrate, ingress, insert, insinuate, introduce, invade, jab, knife, percolate, perforate, permeate, pervade, prick, probe, puncture, saturate, seep, spear, stab, suffuse, thrust, trespass, blow in, breeze in, bust in, eat through, filter in, make a hole, make an entrance, pass through, pop in, ream, run into, sink into, stick into |
| Antonyms: | exit, withdraw, take out |
| Main Entry: | pillage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plunder, destroy |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, arrogate, confiscate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, gut, invade, lift*, loot, maraud, nab*, pilfer, pinch*, purloin, raid, ransack, ravage, rifle*, rob, ruin, sack, spoil, steal, strip, thieve, trespass, waste, depredate, lay waste, spoliate |
| Antonyms: | protect, safeguard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | commit illegal or immoral action |
| Synonyms: | backslide*, cheat, deviate, err, fall, fall from grace, lapse, misbehave, misconduct, offend, stray, transgress, trespass, wander, break commandment, break law, commit crime, do wrong, go astray, live in sin, sow wild oats, take the primrose path, wallow in the mire |
| Antonyms: | behave, comply, obey |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | violate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break a law, agreement |
| Synonyms: | breach, contaminate, contravene, defy, disobey, disregard, disrupt, encroach, err, infringe, meddle, offend, oppose, outrage, profane, resist, sacrilege, sin, transgress, trespass, withstand, infract, tamper with, trample on |
| Antonyms: | obey, observe |
| Main Entry: | overstep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exceed |
| Synonyms: | encroach, meddle, trespass, violate |
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