transgress

To go beyond or over (a limit or boundary); exceed or overstep.

To act in violation of (the law, for example).

To commit an offense by violating a law, principle, or duty.

To spread over land, especially over the land along a subsiding shoreline. Used of the sea.

To pass over or beyond; go beyond.

Hence To overpass, as some law or rule prescribed; break or violate; infringe.

To offend against (a person); disobey; thwart; cross; vex.

Synonyms Infringe upon, Encroach upon, etc. (see trespass, v. i.), pass, transcend, overstep, contravene.

To offend by violating a law; sin.

To offend against the law; to sin.