1
as in to trespass
to commit an offense
I didn't realize I was transgressing when I told your sister she looked like she had lost weight
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as in to violate
to fail to keep
don't even think about transgressing the drug laws of that Asian country, for punishments are severe and there's nothing that our government can do to intervene
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Recent Examples of transgress
He’s gone beyond transgressing political and presidential norms to openly trampling on the Constitution.
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Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
Nothing about the Commission's proceedings, moreover, transgressed the Seventh Amendment's jury trial guarantee.
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Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
10 Sep. 2025
Right now, researchers can say that the biosphere boundary has been transgressed on almost all land surfaces, mainly due to agriculture.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Aug. 2025
But every post, photo, or story risks transgressing invisible social landmines of what is and isn’t acceptable.
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Alessandra Schade,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for transgress
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
Nothing about the Commission's proceedings, moreover, transgressed the Seventh Amendment's jury trial guarantee.
—
Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
10 Sep. 2025
Right now, researchers can say that the biosphere boundary has been transgressed on almost all land surfaces, mainly due to agriculture.
—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Aug. 2025
But every post, photo, or story risks transgressing invisible social landmines of what is and isn’t acceptable.
—
Alessandra Schade,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for transgress
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transgress
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How the climbing couple got past security Prosecutors told the judge on July 2 that the defendants had trespassed overnight in the building before making the climb.
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Instead of Cady as rapist, Cape Fear seems to be going for a general theme of Cady as violator, someone who is trespassing not singularly on a female body but on the Bowdens’ trustworthiness.
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Judge Sullivan concluded in his June 25 decision to order Blanche to release more information or explain himself that Blanche had likely violated the transparency law.
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Guests were reportedly required to sign nondisclosure agreements before receiving any event details (although the NDAs were said not to have included any penalties for violating the terms).
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The woman fell about 1,500 vertical feet, from around 12,000 feet to about 11,500 feet.
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The report will also provide insight into whether American workers’ paychecks are falling further behind inflation.
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Historic heat Since Thursday, heat in the East has broken at least three dozen daily high temperature records, many warmest-low-temperature records as heat reached levels that some cities haven’t experienced in more than a decade.
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The lead secured, Switzerland shifted to a five-man midfield out of possession, snuffing out the space and challenging the Algerians to play through it, but Petkovic’s charges struggled to break their opponents down.
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However, because his hearing aids connected directly to the ringtone, the two ended up wandering around the house, using the changing volume to narrow down its location instead of listening for the phone itself.
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Modeled after a European village, the collection of boutiques, restaurants, and attractions is a great place to wander.
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“Transgress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transgress. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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