1 [VN] (of an action, a plan, etc.) to break a law or rule:
The material can be copied without infringing copyright. * Two of the projects are deemed to infringe EU legislation.
2 ~ (on / upon) sth to limit sb's legal rights:
[VN] They said that compulsory identity cards would infringe civil liberties. * [V] She refused to answer questions that infringed on her private affairs.
infringement noun [U,C]:
copyright infringement * an infringement of liberty / rights
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for infringe is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is infringe a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, infringe is tagged as verb.
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