transgress

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To act in violation of some law.
  3. Verb.  (intransitive, construed with '''against''') To commit an offense; to sin.
  4. Verb.  (intransitive, of the sea) To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate.

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