infringe

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To break or violate a law, agreement, or someone's rights.

   The company was sued for infringing the patent.

2. 2
   verb

   To intrude on or limit something, especially a freedom or right.

   The new rules infringe on our right to free speech.

Borrowed from Latin infringere (“to break off, break, bruise, weaken, destroy”), from in (“in”) + frangere (“to break”).

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