• Infringement

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    Noun

    infringement

    (plural infringements)
    1. a violation or breach, as of a law
      • 2011, September 18, Ben Dirs, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia, Georgia, ranked 16th in the world, dominated the breakdown before half-time and forced England into a host of infringements, but fly-half Merab Kvirikashvili missed three penalties.
    2. an encroachment on a right, a person, a territory, or a property
      • 2008, February 27, Kira Cochrane, How could it happen again?, As soon as it was suggested that it was considering the Swedish model – in which men are criminalised for buying sex, but the women working in prostitution are decriminalised – a slew of prominent male columnists started arguing against this infringement on a man's right to purchase a woman's body.

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