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Definition

go against a law, rule, or usual limit

She was convicted for copyright infringement.

The proposed law infringes on First Amendment rights.
Work began to infringe upon our private time together.
Agloe began as a paper town created to protect against copyright infringement.
John Green -- Paper Towns
I was the one who failed, who infringed.
William Faulkner -- Light in August
The academy did not recommend a ban on such advertising because it seemed impractical and would infringe upon advertisers' freedom of speech.
Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
Lilith has been signing secret agreements with the witches and infringing on Rashaverak's trade....
Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
The same legislators, who infringed on the Constitution when they made the laws, would not feel like repairing the breach when they act as judges.
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay -- The Federalist Papers — Modern English Edition 2
There was the will, however, to hinder that, and my loud protestations against any infringement of its directions.
Emily Bronte -- Wuthering Heights
Those of us who believe in the freedom of expression have spoken out against this infringement on our right to know.
Rudolfo Anaya -- Take the Tortillas out of Your Poetry
And a right to march under conditions that do not infringe the Constitutional rights of our neighbors.
Lyndon B. Johnson -- We Shall Overcome
Any testimony relating to his alleged infringement of the law must be admitted!
Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee -- Inherit the Wind
What will Berowne say when that he shall hear Faith infringed which such zeal did swear?
William Shakespeare -- Love's Labour's Lost
I will want their broomsticks confiscated, of course; I shall keep them safely in my office, to make sure there is no infringement of my ban.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
He made no pretense of hiding the fact that he would rather be doing other things and that this trip was an infringement on his valuable time.
Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide
Must it of necessity be admitted that this power is infringed, so long as a part of the old articles remain?
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay -- The Federalist Papers
It is an infringement even if the intent may be perceived as benign and socially valid.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Freedom to roam and run and lie down at will, had been his heritage; and here it was being infringed upon.
Jack London -- White Fang
Probably not, given the high standard for proving incompetence and the reluctance of courts to infringe on civil rights.
Steve Lopez -- The Soloist
—was not merely the cry of wounded vanity; it was a protest against some infringement of his power to believe in himself.
Virginia Woolf -- A Room of One's Own

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