transgress
verb
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err, fall, offend, sin, stray, trespass, wander
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In India, transgressing such boundaries sometimes provokes violence. — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, "A young Indian couple married for love. Then the bride’s father hired assassins.," 19 Aug. 2019 If Mr Lovejoy and Mr Nobre are right, that could be disastrous—once the tipping-point is transgressed, much of the rest of the forest could follow in just a matter of decades. — The Economist, "The Amazon is approaching an irreversible tipping point," 1 Aug. 2019 Recognizing that times were changing, Mrs. Kozlova, however, dared to transgress it. — Djurdja Bartlett, Smithsonian, "When the United States and Soviet Union Fought It Out Over Fashion," 4 June 2019 But the word still pinpoints that which transgresses human decency. — New York Times, "News of an ‘Outrage’ Used to Mean Something Very, Very Different," 23 May 2018 Cohler: Which raises the question of to what extent him transgressing these boundaries is deliberate or not. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "What Classical Music Can Learn From Kanye West," 2 July 2018 Thus, the most one can say about yesterday’s tweet is that President Trump — by demanding an investigation personally, in the midst of a tweet storm — is transgressing important norms of prosecutorial independence. — Sean Illing, Vox, "8 legal experts on whether Trump’s demand for an investigation into the FBI is legal," 21 May 2018 But not all cancellations are the result of transgressing fans’ expectations. — Jonah Engel Bromwich, New York Times, "Everyone Is Canceled," 28 June 2018 Ocean’s 8 doesn’t much deviate from this formula; man transgresses, man must suffer. — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, "The Sweet Revenge of Ocean’s 8," 12 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'transgress.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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