infringing

verb

Definition of infringingnext
present participle of infringe
1
as in violating

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2
as in invading

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infringing
  1. violating
  2. invading
  3. breaching
  4. entrenching
Verb
  • Even in districts that have staff dedicated to teaching Black history, some teachers are afraid of violating state law, according to Brian Knowles, who oversees African American, Holocaust and Latino studies for the Palm Beach County school district.
    Kate Payne, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
  • That year, the campaign finance regulator separately found that Wyss’s groups failed to provide evidence of certain grant agreements upon conservatives accusing him of violating laws on foreign nationals making donations.
    Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of violating
Verb
  • Another crucial issue will be assuring that the Kremlin’s aggression entails enduring costs to deter Russia or any other state from invading neighbors.
    Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Western countries must also invest in Ukraine’s defense sector and ensure that Ukraine can sustain its own armed forces to deter Russia from invading again.
    Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of invading
Verb
  • Another interesting statistic is that after breaching minus 8%, the market was higher 30 days later 70% of the time.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Law enforcement waited some 77 minutes at the scene before breaching a classroom and killing the gunman.
    Jenny Wagnon Courts, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of breaching
Verb
  • Government dysfunction will likely last well into the new year, entrenching the country’s economic and social problems.
    Victor Cha, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
  • But Lebanon’s army is no match for Hezbollah, and neither its soldiers nor the peacekeepers have been capable of preventing the Shiite militants from entrenching themselves in the border region.
    Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of entrenching
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