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transgress the law — violate the law, break the law, commit a crime or illegal action … English contemporary dictionary
transgress — trans·gress /tranz gres, trans / vt 1: to go beyond limits set or prescribed by: violate 2: to pass beyond or go over (a limit or boundary) vi 1: to violate a law 2 … Law dictionary
break the law — Synonyms and related words: breach the law, care naught for, circumvent the law, commit a crime, contravene, defy, disobey, disobey the law, disregard, disregard the law, flout, go counter to, ignore, infract, infringe, not conform, not heed, not … Moby Thesaurus
Transgress — Trans*gress , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transgressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transgressing}.] [Cf. F. transgresser. See {Transgression}.] 1. To pass over or beyond; to surpass. [R.] [1913 Webster] Surpassing common faith, transgressing nature s law. Dryden … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Transgress — Trans*gress , v. i. To offend against the law; to sin. [1913 Webster] Who transgressed in the thing accursed. I Chron. ii. 7. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transgress — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. sin, offend, do wrong, overstep, rebel, disobey, infringe, take the law into one s own hands, break the law, entrench on, encroach upon, write one s own ticket*, fly in the face of the law*. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… … English dictionary for students
transgress — transgressive, adj. transgressively, adv. transgressor, n. /trans gres , tranz / v.i. 1. to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin. v.t. 2. to pass over or go beyond (a limit, boundary, etc.): to transgress bounds of prudence … Universalium
transgress — /trænzˈgrɛs / (say tranz gres) verb (t) 1. to pass over or go beyond (a limit, etc.): to transgress the bounds of prudence. 2. to go beyond the limits imposed by (a law, command, etc.); violate; infringe; break. –phrase 3. transgress against, to… …
transgress — verb 1) if they transgress, the punishment is harsh Syn: misbehave, behave badly, break the law, err, fall from grace, stray from the straight and narrow, sin, do wrong, go astray; archaic trespass 2) she had transgressed an unwritten social law… … Thesaurus of popular words
transgress — trans•gress [[t]trænsˈgrɛs, trænz [/t]] v. i. 1) to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin 2) to pass over or go beyond (a limit, boundary, etc.): to transgress the bounds of prudence[/ex] 3) to go beyond the limits imposed by (a… … From formal English to slang
transgress — Synonyms and related words: advance upon, breach, breach the law, break, break bounds, break the law, care naught for, circumvent the law, commit a crime, commit sin, contravene, defy, disobey, disobey the law, disregard, disregard the law, do… … Moby Thesaurus