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infringe

verb

1 infringe

Go against, as of rules and laws.

synonyms: conflict, contravene, run afoul.

Roget 927: violate; break, break through; infringe; set aside, set at naught; encroach upon, trench upon; trample on, trample under foot; slight, neglect, evade, ... show more

Roget 773: fail, neglect, omit, elude, evade, give the go-by to, set aside, ignore; shut one's eyes to, close one's eyes to.    infringe, transgress, violate, ... show more

Roget 742: disobey, violate, infringe; shirk; set at defiance etc. (defy) 715; set authority at naught, run riot, fly in the face of; take the law into one's own hands; kick over the traces.    turn restive, ... show more

2 infringe

Advance beyond the usual limit.

synonyms: encroach, impinge.

Roget 925: be undue etc. adj.; not be due etc. 924.    infringe, encroach, trench on, exact; arrogate, arrogate to oneself; give an inch and take an ell; stretch a point, ... show more

Roget 303: transgress, surpass, pass; go beyond, go by; show in front, come to the front; shoot ahead of; steal a march upon, steal a gain upon.    overstep, overpass, overreach, overgo, ... show more

Dutch: botsen


Moby thesaurus: adopt, advance upon, appropriate, arrogate, assume, barge in, breach, breach the law, break, break bounds, break in, break in upon, break the law, burst in, butt in, charge in, circumvent the law, come between, commit a crime, contravene ... show more.

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