transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break -- (act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise")
transgress -- (spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline; "The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island")
sin, transgress, trespass -- (commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law)
transgress, trespass, overstep -- (pass beyond (limits or boundaries))