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infringement
[ in-frinj-muhnt ]
noun
- a breach or infraction, as of a law, right, or obligation; violation; transgression.
- an act of infringing.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of infringement1
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Example Sentences
State officials were not amused, and are suing the advocacy group for copyright infringement.
Navajo Nation once took Urban Outfitters to court for trademark infringement.
To avoid copyright infringement, “Dumb Starbucks” was technically a parodic art gallery and not a coffee shop.
And Thomas Pink defeats Victoria's Secret in infringement lawsuit.
The more important the right, the more intense the response to government infringement.
The infringement of an invention is in effect an admission of utility, because use implies utility.
The Stationers' Company of London quickly seized his press and declared that his attempt was an infringement of their rights.
He regarded the tax as an infringement of constitutional liberty, and rejoiced that the Americans had resisted it.
If all men who set the example of forcible infringement of law are criminals, Gracchus was a criminal.
The slightest infringement of discipline was punished with cells.
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