infringement

infringement
noun
ADJECTIVE
alleged
possible
copyright, patent, trademark
serious
minor
unconstitutional (esp. AmE)
VERB + INFRINGEMENT
be, constitute

The committee ruled that the US ban constituted an infringement of free trade.

commit (esp. BrE)

sympathy for people who commit minor infringements

PHRASES
an infringement of copyright, an infringement of the law

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