transgress

verb

1. 1

   pass beyond (limits or boundaries)

2. 2

   commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law

3. 3

   act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

   offend all laws of humanity

   violate the basic laws or human civilization

4. 4

   spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline

   The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island