transgress
verb (used without object)
had transgressed
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past perfectof transgress.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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I still couldn’t get over how I had transgressed, even though it may have been more traumatic for me than it was for her.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 15, 2019
In addition, they assessed whether the owners could determine whether or not the dog had transgressed and eaten the food.
From Scientific American ● May 31, 2012
The Swiss government concluded that he had transgressed the country's financial code and threw him in jail for ten months.
From Time Magazine Archive
What appeared to be the culprits' real crime was that they had transgressed the unwritten code of honor & respectability of the Civil Service.
From Time Magazine Archive
The King has told you truly, that the matter in which the offenders had transgressed had reference to his house, and not to his Government or ours.
From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by William Sleeman
