infringe
to commit a breach or infraction of; violate or transgress: to infringe a copyright; to infringe a rule.
to encroach or trespass (usually followed by on or upon): Don't infringe on his privacy.
Origin of infringe
1synonym study For infringe
Other words for infringe
Other words from infringe
- in·fring·er, noun
Words that may be confused with infringe
- infringe , impinge
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How to use infringe in a sentence
In the early days of administering the patent law injunctions were granted against infringers.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesAfter a patent is thus judicially established injunctions are readily granted against all infringers.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThey had heard of the swift trials, the harsh imprisonments that awaited even the petty infringers.
Derelict | Alan Edward NourseHe could not start and develop the new and hard business of electric lighting and yet spare one hour to pursue infringers.
Edison, His Life and Inventions | Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford MartinIt was a licensed monopoly, and all infringers were severely punished.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 5 (of 14) | Elbert Hubbard
British Dictionary definitions for infringe
/ (ɪnˈfrɪndʒ) /
(tr) to violate or break (a law, an agreement, etc)
(intr; foll by on or upon) to encroach or trespass
Origin of infringe
1Derived forms of infringe
- infringement, noun
- infringer, noun
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