Thesaurus: infringement

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1. n. The act of infringing; breach; violation; nonfulfillment; as, the infringement of a treaty, compact, law, or constitution.
2. n. An encroachment on a patent, copyright, or other special privilege; a trespass.
3. n. an act that disregards an agreement or a right
4. n. a crime less serious than a felony
5. 1. The act of infringing; breach; violation; nonfulfillment; as, the infringement of a treaty, compact, law, or constitution. The punishing of this infringement is proper to that jurisdiction against which the contempt is. Clarendon. 2. An encroachment on a patent, copyright, or other special privilege; a trespass.
6. n:100 n an act that disregards an agreement or a right n a crime less serious than a felony