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What does transgressing mean?

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Verb
  1. present participle of transgress
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The intellectual elite often denounce his proclamations as transgressing outside his jurisdictional fiefdom.
Is it that their intellects urges them to this, or are they but a people transgressing beyond bounds?
It may also be used to punish women for transgressing social or moral codes, for instance, those prohibiting adultery or drunkenness in public.
He was last night found guilty of transgressing rugby rules when he tackled an opponent without the ball and has been suspended for six weeks.
Still, I'm not sure that merely transgressing social boundaries or taboos makes him any kind of trickster.
High peat cliffs on the coasts of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island are clear examples of coastal wetland loss by transgressing sea levels.

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