transgress

1. (transitive) To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.Examples: "surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law"; "They sometimes transgressed colonial boundaries, forming border communities with Native Americans and escaped black slaves."Synonyms: forpasstransitive

2. (transitive) To act in violation of some law.Examples: "For man will hearken to his glozing lies, And easily transgress the sole command."; "There were some young men who transgressed the ḥerem and danced with foreign women [i.e. non-relatives] and forbidden women."transitive

3. (intransitive, construed with against) To commit an offense; to sin.Examples: "Why give you peace to this untemperate beast That hath so long transgressed you?"intransitive

4. (intransitive, of the sea) To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate.intransitive