transgressed

verb

past tense of transgress
1
as in trespassed
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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2
as in violated
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 transgressed According to Allen’s album, Harbour would’ve allegedly transgressed past the bounds of their open marriage. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 22 Jan. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transgressed
  1. trespassed
  2. violated
  3. fell
  4. broke
  5. wandered
  6. sinned
  7. strayed
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  • The incident follows years of legal disputes over the pipeline, including a court ruling that Enbridge trespassed on tribal land.
    — Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Since then, no one has been cited, trespassed or arrested for bringing weapons into the park, city and police officials told the Orlando Sentinel.
    — Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2026
Definition of trespassed
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  • In a victory for the journalists, Kelly expanded a previous, temporary ruling that the administration had violated the news outlets' Fifth Amendment right to due process.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Nevertheless, even if the amendments had met the threshold and passed, the WIAA cannot implement a policy that is in violation of Washington state law and the amendments proposed would have violated state law.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of violated
Verb
  • Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said the 430 trees that were felled were not identified as hazardous or raising safety concerns.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.
    — Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of fell
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  • On this day in 1931, news broke that Al Capone, Chicago’s untouchable crime boss, had been found guilty.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Oct. 2026
  • His 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to open the second half — his second in as many weeks — broke a scoreless first-half tie.
    — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of broke
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  • Five burros were killed and a driver was injured when a herd wandered onto the 215 Freeway in 2020.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • At one point, McLoughlin even snubbed Sylvester Stallone, another Kennedy Center Honoree who had wandered into the bar.
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of wandered
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  • Poorer women were extremely vulnerable if they were judged to have sinned like this.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • During the week, Barton often painted an image of himself as more sinned against than sinning.
    — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
Definition of sinned
Verb
  • And in May, residents in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius were told to seek shelter after a drone strayed into Lithuanian airspace.
    — Emma Burrows, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
  • During the aerial barrages, drones have repeatedly strayed into neighboring countries, unnerving leaders who are wary of Russia and fear being dragged into conflict.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of strayed

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“Transgressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transgressed. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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