infringed

[ in-frinjd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

violated, transgressed, or encroached upon, as a regulation, restriction, or right:
The costs of enforcing an infringed patent can be exceedingly high.
He complained that CCTV was an ever more common security measure for which we all pay the price of infringed privacy.
illegally copied, distributed, or sold, as in contravention of a copyright or patent:
A judge dismissed the lawsuit on the grounds that the allegedly infringed material lacked the requisite originality.
relating to or being someone whose copyright, patent, etc., has been violated:
When awarding damages, it must be considered how wealthy the infringed company could have been without the infringement.

First recorded in 1590–1600; 1955–60 infringed fordef 2; infringe + -ed ² for the adjective senses; infringe + -ed ¹ for the verb sense

You said that shutting down a newspaper is not the right way to warn those who may have infringed on the law.

My goal is to make the case for open carry without resorting to the usual “shall not be infringed” rhetoric.

Also, there is nothing at all special about "shall not be infringed."

But where would our liberties be infringed if we resumed the assault-weapons ban that ended in 2004?

So if the law of blasphemy had extended to Islam, The Satanic Verses would not have infringed it.

Whoever infringed these rules incurred the penalties of high treason.

The people should be told that their rights would not be infringed, and this should be published everywhere in the Irish language.

Naturally the sumptuary laws about the wearing of fur were perpetually infringed upon, to the great satisfaction of the furriers.

Guarez and his companions appeared to be furious, and contended loudly that their rights were being infringed.

Having infringed this politic law, he was put in prison, defamed, and driven from his benefice.

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