infringed

verb

Definition of infringednext
past tense of infringe
1
as in violated

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2
as in invaded

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infringed
  1. violated
  2. invaded
  3. breached
  4. entrenched
Verb
  • The state judge ruled the merger violated state consumer protection law and the federal case blocked the merger nationwide.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The organization represented Parents Protecting Our Children, a group that argued that the district violated parents’ religious freedom in not telling them about children’s trans identity.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of violated
Verb
  • In the late 1970s, China invaded Vietnam, whereas Russia had been involved in Ukraine prior to 2022, as well as in operations in its southern Chechen region, in Georgia in 2008, and formally waded into the Syrian Civil War in 2015.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Israel invaded southern Lebanon in October as part of an escalation of their conflict with Hezbollah.
    Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of invaded
Verb
  • Kroger breached the merger agreement by refusing to divest assets necessary for antitrust approval, ignoring feedback from regulators, rejecting divesture buyers and failing to cooperate with Albertsons, the company claims.
    Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Historically, every time this support zone is breached, buyers step in to scoop up the stock.
    Nishant Pant, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of breached
Verb
  • We were really entrenched in the same role.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Systemic problems, like health care inequities or gun violence, often feel too vast and entrenched to tackle directly.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of entrenched
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infringe

infringed

infringed (on or upon)

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