as in violation
a failure to uphold the requirements of law, duty, or obligation
speeding is only a minor infraction, but vehicular homicide is a serious felony
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Recent Examples of infraction
The University of Pennsylvania lost almost $200 million for alleged infractions regarding transgender athletes on women’s sports teams, although the university argues its policies now match those of the NCAA, which has banned transgender athletes from women’s sports.
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Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
Minnesota leaders criticize arrests, demand answers MINNEAPOLIS -- A University of Minnesota graduate student who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement was taken into custody because of a drunken driving infraction, not for being involved in protests, federal officials said Monday.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Apr. 2025
The Infiniti driver was issued an infraction for traveling unreasonably fast and failure to obey a traffic control signal, according to police.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
The shock is not simply the catalogue of constitutional infractions, which goes on queasily, or the course of change, which has been costly and swift.
—Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
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Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
Minnesota leaders criticize arrests, demand answers MINNEAPOLIS -- A University of Minnesota graduate student who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement was taken into custody because of a drunken driving infraction, not for being involved in protests, federal officials said Monday.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Apr. 2025
The Infiniti driver was issued an infraction for traveling unreasonably fast and failure to obey a traffic control signal, according to police.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
The shock is not simply the catalogue of constitutional infractions, which goes on queasily, or the course of change, which has been costly and swift.
—Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Infraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infraction. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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