transgressed

• past participle

  past participle

  A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.

  of transgress.
  transgress

  verb (used without object)

  to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
• past tense form

  past tense

  Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.

  of transgress.
  transgress

  verb (used without object)

  to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.

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transgressed

Both productions also transgressed personal boundaries that pushed Panettiere to lows no one should endure, but so many stars growing up in the spotlight unfortunately do.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

Battle lines are drawn and immediately transgressed in a play that takes farce out of the bedroom and into administrative corridors and cubicles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025

But it has taken until now for the authorities to reverse the punishments imposed on those who were deemed to have transgressed.

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2023

Some of the breakfast sandwiches transgressed in ruinous ways: served with aggressively flavored aioli, served on a bagel out of a plastic bag, served with arugula, which, friends, only gets distressingly wilty-slimy in this format.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023

She doubted whether she had not transgressed the duty of woman by woman, in betraying her suspicions of Jane Fairfax’s feelings to Frank Churchill.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

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