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Definition of infringe : 1. To break, violate, or transgress some contract, rule, or law; to injure; to offend.
2. To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill or obey; as, to infringe a law or contract.
3. To encroach; to trespass; - followed by on or upon; as, to infringe upon the rights of another.
4. To hinder; to destroy; as, to infringe efficacy; to infringe delight or power.

Synonyms:

conflict, meddle, contradict, contravene, run afoul, negate, study at trespass, trench, do, breach, break, entrench

intrude, poach, violate, invade, impinge

encroach, abuse, transgress, maltreat, perpetrate, trespass, commit, do wrong, wrong

Usage examples:

• All its rights are fully secured, and proceedings will immediately be taken against any one attempting to infringe them. - "The Return of Peter Grimm", David Belasco Edited by Montrose J. Moses.
• The First President spoke very boldly against bringing the King into the House after this manner, to surprise the members and infringe upon their liberty of voting. - "The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz, Complete", Jean Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz.
• These deal with special varieties of crime, and the penalties which they inflict on those who infringe them in no case amount to death, but are less severe in character. - "The Institutes of Justinian", Caesar Flavius Justinian.