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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
A German court ruled Tuesday that OpenAI has infringed copyright law by using song lyrics to feed its chat models in a case that could have wide implications for European artists.
Presidents, he said, have broad powers over national security and foreign policy – powers that the challengers want to infringe on.
This year Sipe’s son, Mayor Caden Sipe, sued the city manager and city council members for allegedly infringing his First Amendment rights after they censured him in a dispute centered on spending.
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.
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