infringed

[ in-frinjd ]

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.

verb

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

Other Words From

• un·in·fringed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of infringed¹

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

Example Sentences

Under EU law this means it has a responsibility not to apply the same types of infringing behavior identified in the Google Shopping case in any other business vertical, regardless of its marketshare.

From TechCrunch

In 2017, it launched the Amazon Brand Registry, which gives a rights owner tools to proactively locate and report infringing items.

From TechCrunch

Alfaro is worried that the government has been infringing too much on many of her rights.

From Voice of San Diego

“Foley was warned at that meeting and subsequent meetings against infringing Icon’s patents,” according to the lawsuit.

From Fortune

This week, Nikola "forced the removal of several critical videos from YouTube, saying they infringed its copyright by using footage from the company," including the truck-rolling-downhill video, the Financial Times reported yesterday.

From Ars Technica

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

Whoever infringed these rules incurred the penalties of high treason.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg