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infringe
verb infringed, infringing
- 1. To break or violate (eg a law or oath).
- Example: You are infringing the copyright by using that material
- Thesaurus: violate, break, infract.
2. To encroach or trespass; to affect (a person's rights, freedom, etc) in such a way as to limit or reduce them.
- Thesaurus: encroach, intrude, transgress, overstep, trespass, violate.
- Form: infringe on something (especially)
- Form: infringe upon something
noun
- A violation of a law, right, etc.
- Thesaurus: encroachment, violation, trespass, transgression, noncompliance, breach, infraction, nonobservance.
