inf
ringe
Third Person
infringes
Present Participle
infringing
Past Tense
infringed
Past Participle
infringed
1
to violate someone's rights or property
transitive
- The company was warned about potential legal consequences if it continued to infringe environmental regulations.
- The protest organizers were cautious not to infringe any laws governing public demonstrations.
- Posting copyrighted material online without permission can infringe intellectual property rights.
- The new policy was implemented to prevent employees from inadvertently infringing company guidelines.
- The court found the defendant guilty of infringing the patent rights of a competing company.
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