infringe

🇺🇸 /ɪnˈfrɪndʒ/ 🇬🇧 /ɪnˈfrɪndʒ/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP20000
verb
R

to break a law or rule

Copying this book without permission would infringe copyright law.

R

to limit someone's legal rights

The new policy may infringe on people's right to privacy.

translation

v. to break a law or rule; to limit someone's legal rights

Word Forms

3rd Present infringes
Past infringed
Perfect infringed
Progressive infringing