Associations to the word «Infringement»

Wiktionary

INFRINGEMENT, noun. A violation or breach, as of a law.
INFRINGEMENT, noun. An encroachment on a right, a person, a territory, or a property.

Dictionary definition

INFRINGEMENT, noun. An act that disregards an agreement or a right; "he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment".
INFRINGEMENT, noun. A crime less serious than a felony.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope