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Definition of infringe verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

infringe

verb
 
/ɪnˈfrɪndʒ/
 
/ɪnˈfrɪndʒ/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they infringe
 
/ɪnˈfrɪndʒ/
 
/ɪnˈfrɪndʒ/
he / she / it infringes
 
/ɪnˈfrɪndʒɪz/
 
/ɪnˈfrɪndʒɪz/
past simple infringed
 
/ɪnˈfrɪndʒd/
 
/ɪnˈfrɪndʒd/
past participle infringed
 
/ɪnˈfrɪndʒd/
 
/ɪnˈfrɪndʒd/
-ing form infringing
 
/ɪnˈfrɪndʒɪŋ/
 
/ɪnˈfrɪndʒɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive] infringe something (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.
    Topics Permission and obligationc2, Law and justicec2
  2. [transitive, intransitive] to limit somebody’s legal rights or personal freedom
    • infringe something They said that compulsory identity cards would infringe civil liberties.
    • infringe on/upon something She refused to answer questions that infringed on her private affairs.
  3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin infringere, from in- ‘into’ + frangere ‘to break’.
See infringe in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee infringe in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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