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What (who) is infringe - definition
infringe
(infringes, infringing, infringed)
1.
If someone infringes a law or a rule, they break it or do something which disobeys it.
The film exploited his image and infringed his copyright...
VERB: V n
2.
If something infringes people's rights, it interferes with these rights and does not allow people the freedom they are entitled to.
They rob us, they infringe our rights, they kill us...
It's starting to infringe on our personal liberties.
VERB: V n, V on n
Infringe
II. Infringe ·vi To break, violate, or transgress some contract, rule, or law; to Injure; to Offend.
- followed by on or upon; as, to infringe upon the rights of another.
IV. Infringe ·vt To Break; to Violate; to Transgress; to neglect to fulfill or obey; as, to infringe a law or contract.
infringe
v. a.
Break, violate, transgress, disobey, break through, trench upon, set at nought.
Examples of use of infringe
1. Just as one novel could infringe many different literary patents at once, one programme can infringe many different patents at once.
2. First off, they do indeed infringe on free speech.
3. Opponents say many of its provisions infringe civil liberties.
4. The ministry added that in its view the privatisation agreement did not infringe EU law.
5. But he says that the steps should not infringe hard–won civil liberties.