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infract

[ in-frakt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to break, violate, or infringe (a law, commitment, etc.).


infract

/ ɪˈڰæ /

verb

  1. tr to violate or break (a law, an agreement, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڰپDz, noun
  • ˈڰٴǰ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ڰtǰ noun
  • ܲi·ڰĻ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of infract1

First recorded in 1790–1800; from Latin Դڰ峦ٳܲ, past participle of infringere “to break, bend, weaken,” equivalent to in- intensive prefix + frag- (variant stem of frangere “to break”) + -tus past participle suffix; akin to break. See in- 2, infringe, frangible
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of infract1

C18: from Latin infractus broken off, from infringere; see infringe
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“A few weeks later, they searched my cell, they confiscated the book, and they infracted me for having the book that they gave me,” Wright said.

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“Governments pay a lot of attention to the risk of being infracted because it is very expensive and it is not brilliant for your reputation,” she said.

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It's a fixture that inverts the stereotypical differences between north and south, and proves that opposites infract.

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These feudal tenures were established in law; woe to the tenant who presumed to infract them!

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There was a retributive justice for all those who infracted the rules of the game.

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