You think you can transgress the law?
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Transgress
//tɹænzˈɡɹɛs//
Synonyms for "transgress" (82 found)
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Related words (41)
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1 entriesRelated terms
4 entrieshas context
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3 entriesrelated to
16 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- нарушавам verb (to act in violation of some law)
- прегрешавам verb (to commit an offense, to sin)
- престъпвам verb (to exceed or overstep some limit or boundary)
Czech
1 entries- přestoupit verb (to act in violation of some law)
Egyptian
2 entries- t:h-rd-D54 verb (to exceed or overstep some limit or boundary)
- t:h-rd-D54 verb (to commit an offense, to sin)
French
4 entries- franchir verb (to exceed or overstep some limit or boundary)
- pécher verb (to commit an offense, to sin)
- transgresser verb (to exceed or overstep some limit or boundary)
- transgresser verb (to act in violation of some law)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to commit an offense, to sin)
Irish
1 entries- ciontaigh verb (to commit an offense, to sin)
Italian
1 entries- trasgredire verb (to act in violation of some law)
Latin
1 entries- praevaricō verb (to commit an offense, to sin)
Māori
2 entries- hara verb (to commit an offense, to sin)
- takahi verb (to act in violation of some law)
Ngazidja Comorian
2 entries- ushia verb (to exceed or overstep some limit or boundary)
- ushilia verb (to exceed or overstep some limit or boundary)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- overskride verb (to exceed or overstep some limit or boundary)
- overtre verb (to exceed or overstep some limit or boundary)
Portuguese
1 entries- transgredir verb (to act in violation of some law)
Romanian
1 entries- greși verb (to act in violation of some law)
Russian
1 entries- преступа́ть verb (to act in violation of some law)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- peacaich verb (to act in violation of some law)
Spanish
1 entries- transgredir verb (to act in violation of some law)
Swedish
3 entries- äverträda verb (to act in violation of some law)
- överskrida verb (to exceed or overstep some limit or boundary)
- överträda verb (to exceed or overstep some limit or boundary)
Tamil
2 entries- மீறு verb (to exceed or overstep some limit or boundary)
- மீறு verb (to act in violation of some law)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law
Source: wiktionary
They sometimes transgressed colonial boundaries, forming border communities with Native Americans and escaped black slaves.
Source: wiktionary
For man will hearken to his glozing lies, And easily transgress the sole command.
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