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infringe
verb
To violate a limit or intrude on another person's rights or space.
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The new display must not infringe on the neighboring stall's space.
The partnership's new poster must not infringe the illustrator's expressly agreed right to approve reproductions of her drawings.
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infringementnoun
A violation of a right, rule, or agreement.
The committee reviewed the alleged infringement of its membership rules.
A compliant workshop supplied each record the association's review process required and kept its demonstration within the agreed schedule. Another workshop committed an infringement by displaying a member's work after permission had expressly been refused.
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