[tram.ple] vb tram.pled ; tram.pling [ME, freq. of trampen to tramp] vi (14c) 1: tramp; esp: to tread heavily so as to bruise, crush, or injure
2: to inflict injury or destruction esp. contemptuously or ruthlessly--usu. used with on, over, or upon "trampling on the rights of others" ~ vt: to crush, injure, or destroy by or as if by treading -- trample n -- tram.pler n