infringe
verb (used with object)
to commit a breach or infraction of; violate or transgress.
infringes
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present tense formof infringe (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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This infringes Tsuda's so-called publicity rights -- the ability to control and profit from the use of aspects of one's identity -- his attorneys said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Civil-rights lawyers and former DHS staffers see it differently and say the system infringes free speech.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
For pupils, however, it can mean undignified waits or requests to go, which they say "infringes on human rights".
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
However, in Skrmetti, the court denied a petition by minors and their parents that argued the ban also infringes on parental rights protected under the due process clause.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2025
The formula of justice may be expressed thus: "Every man is free to do that which he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man."
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by C. M. Williams
