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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
- 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
- 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
- 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