- 1[transitive] infringe something (of an action, a plan, etc.) to break a law or rule The material can be copied without infringing copyright. Two of the projects are deemed to infringe state legislation.
Definitions on the go
Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
- 2[transitive, intransitive] to limit someone's legal rights infringe something They said that compulsory identification cards would infringe civil liberties. infringe on/upon something She refused to answer questions that infringed on her private affairs.
infringe
verbNAmE//ɪnˈfrɪndʒ//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they infringe he / she / it infringes
past simple infringed
-ing form infringing
noun [uncountable, countable] copyright infringement an infringement of libertySee infringe in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Check pronunciation: infringe