infringe
verb (used with object)
to commit a breach or infraction of; violate or transgress.
had infringed
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past perfectof infringe.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Masimo is perhaps best known for its yearslong dispute with Apple over whether the iPhone maker had infringed on the company’s blood-oxygen sensor patents.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
Hydee Feldstein Soto, identified 23 images and articles that he said Ground Game had infringed upon.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2025
The jury found Amazon Web Services had infringed upon Kove’s patents, though it did not do so willfully.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
It also said the programme had infringed Mr Watt's right to privacy.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2024
It had infringed upon the rights and privileges of certain creoles, who, being residents of the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased in 1803, had been guaranteed the rights of citizens of the United States.
From The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War by Carter Godwin Woodson
