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infringe
[in-frinj]
verb (used with object)
to commit a breach or infraction of; violate or transgress.
to infringe a copyright; to infringe a rule.
verb (used without object)
to encroach or trespass (usually followed by on orupon ).
Don't infringe on his privacy.
Synonyms: poach
infringe
/ ɪnˈfrɪndʒ /
verb
(tr) to violate or break (a law, an agreement, etc)
(intr; foll by on or upon) to encroach or trespass
Other Word Forms
- infringer noun
- infringement noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of infringe1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Newby then wrote a majority opinion declaring that partisan gerrymandering was legal and that the Democrat-led court had unconstitutionally infringed on the legislature’s prerogative to create electoral maps.
Instead, it was designed to make it hard for democratic majorities to work their will and use the government to engage in social reform projects that might infringe on property rights.
The Australian aircraft's actions "seriously infringed upon China's sovereignty", Senior Colonel Li Jianjian, spokesperson for China's Southern Theater Command Air Force said, urging Canberra to "immediately cease its infringing and provocative actions".
“Decades of enforceable copyright law establishes that content owners do not need to ‘opt out’ to prevent infringing uses of their protected IP,” Warner Bros.
The court is already scheduled to consider whether federal laws that prohibits the president from removing members of agencies designed by Congress to be independent from presidential influence infringe on executive authority.
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