transgress
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
- From Latin transgressum, past participle of transgredi.
[edit] Verb
transgress (third-person singular simple present transgresses, present participle transgressing, simple past and past participle transgressed)
- (transitive) To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.
- (transitive) To act in violation of some law.
- (intransitive, construed with against) To commit an offense; to sin.
- (intransitive, of the sea) To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate.
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[edit] Translations
to act in violation of some law
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