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  • There’s different types of trespass.

    When people say “criminal trespass” as a verb, it is referencing a specific subset of trespass, that being you have been specifically told not to enter or to leave, as you stated.

    This generally applies to businesses or other places where you would expect to be allowed by default.

    Just entering someone’s private property without explicit permission, like cutting across their yard while on a walk, is also trespass, even if you have not been specifically told not to. Generally a second degree misdemeanor.

    Entering a dwelling without explicit permission, even without breaking and entering, is a different kind of trespass that is generally a first degree misdemeanor.

    Using “criminal trespass” as a verb is common for the type where you have been specifically singled out and warned off, most often by a business, and I personally feel it’s a stupid use of language but it is how people talk.