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• past participle of infringe.
• past tense form of infringe.

infringed

American  

[in-frinjd] / ɪnˈfrɪndʒd /

adjective

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of infringe.

Other Word Forms

• uninfringed
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of infringed

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

Example Sentences

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infringed

Some felt it infringed on their sense of nostalgia.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

Sony Music Entertainment on Monday filed a new lawsuit against artificial intelligence startup Udio, alleging it infringed on more than 30,000 recordings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

The lower court had correctly concluded that the commission had "infringed" emergency rules brought in to allow governments to support the economy during times of crisis, it said.

From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026

The release comes 24 hours after Swift was sued by a writer, who says the singer infringed her trademark.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

But each such error reflected negatively on his parents’ guidance and infringed on the community’s sense of order and success.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry