Infringe
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English
Verb
Infringe (third-person singular simple present Infringes, present participle infringing, simple past and past participle infringed)
- (transitive) Break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- (intransitive) Break in or encroach on something.
Thesaurus
adopt, advance upon, appropriate, arrogate, assume, barge in, breach, breach the law, break, break bounds, break in, break in upon, break the law, burst in, butt in, charge in, circumvent the law, come between, commit a crime, contravene, copy, crash, crash in, crash the gates, creep in, crowd in, cut in, defy, derive from, disobey, disobey the law, disregard the law, do violence to, edge in, elbow in, encroach, entrench, flout, foist in, go too far, horn in, imitate, impinge, impose, impose on, impose upon, infiltrate, infract, insinuate, interfere, interlope, interpose, intervene, intrude, invade, irrupt, know no bounds, make an inroad, make use of, mock, obtrude, offend, overstep, overstep the bounds, pirate, plagiarize, play God, press in, presume, pretend to, push in, put on, put upon, rush in, seize, set at defiance, set at naught, set naught by, simulate, slink in, slip in, smash in, sneak in, squeeze in, steal, steal in, storm in, take, take on, take over, throng in, thrust in, trample on, trample underfoot, trample upon, transgress, trench, trespass, usurp, violate, violate the law, work in, worm in
Etymology
From Latin infringere (“to break off, break, bruise, weaken, destroy”) < in (“in”) + frangere (“to break”).
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External links
- Infringe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Infringe in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Infringe at OneLook Dictionary Search
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Latin
Verb
infringe
- second-person singular present active imperative of infringō
