infraction

[ in-frak-shuhn ]

/ ɪnˈfræk ʃən /

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noun

breach; violation; infringement: an infraction of the rules.

Medicine/Medical. an incomplete fracture of a bone.

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Origin of infraction

First recorded in 1615–25, infraction is from the Latin word infrāctiōn- (stem of infrāctiō ). See infract, -ion

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1. See breach.

OTHER WORDS FROM infraction

non·in·frac·tion, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH infraction

infarction, infraction

Words nearby infraction

infotech, infra, infraclass, infracostal, infract, infraction, infra dig, infrahuman, infralapsarian, infralapsarianism, inframarginal

How to use infraction in a sentence

City Attorney Mara Elliott said she supports that idea as well, but because the tickets are handled administratively, as infractions, her office isn’t involved in the prosecution.
Morning Report: Punished for Pissing Off Police|Voice of San Diego|September 10, 2020|Voice of San Diego
The tickets are infractions, which are handled administratively.
Those Ticketed for Seditious Language Say Their Only Crime Was Talking Back|Kate Nucci|September 9, 2020|Voice of San Diego
There were more shooting fouls drawn, but there were also more freedom of movement infractions that occurred before the shot.
Why Have NBA Offenses Been So Good In The Bubble?|Mike Prada|August 20, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
A ticket of this nature is likely to fail a constitutional challenge, but because police have been issuing the tickets as infractions, rather than misdemeanors, they’re handled administratively, not criminally.
Morning Report: SDPD Says It Will Stop Seditious Language Tickets|Voice of San Diego|August 17, 2020|Voice of San Diego

Because the tickets were filed in recent years as infractions rather than misdemeanors, the process has played out administratively, not criminally.
SDPD Says it Will Stop Enforcing Seditious Language Law|Kate Nucci|August 17, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Then comes a combination of tools based on the specific infraction.
Spanking for Jesus: Inside the Unholy World of ‘Christian Domestic Discipline’|Brandy Zadrozny|June 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The fee for such an administrative infraction is approximately $30.
How the Pussy Riot Girls Trial Fell Apart|Alisa Obraztsova|May 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They all were insisting that their alleged crime was really an administrative infraction.
How the Pussy Riot Girls Trial Fell Apart|Alisa Obraztsova|May 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Two weeks later, came another, bigger penalty, for the same infraction, and then a third.
Inside Obama’s ‘War on Weed’|Winston Ross|September 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Also, a “significant misdemeanor” or other infraction could disrupt their stay.
Despite Obama’s Order, Deportation Looms for an Immigrant Dreamer|Allison Yarrow|June 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But it soon became apparent that his infraction of discipline in crossing the Ohio was not forgiven.
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War|Various
They were, besides, made amenable to a most rigorous system of laws, the least infraction of which was punished with death.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5|Hubert Howe Bancroft
Most of them are the penalties imposed by nature because of the infraction of her laws.
The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4)|W. Grant Hague
To be found under a convoy is not, in itself, an infraction of the treaty, but the conduct of this convoy is to be considered.
The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IV (of 12)|Various
All must obey, or compose, the same laws that ran without infraction through the entire experience of man.
The Red One|Jack London