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
However, many Americans have been critical of his immigration policy as individuals with misdemeanors, decades-old infractions or in some cases no criminal records at all have been swept up in the heightened enforcement.
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Department requirements Each department that produces administrative citations will be required to report back to the city council annually on how many were issued, the types of infractions and how the money was spent.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
No country or person has yet been deemed responsible for the drone infractions, said Troels Lund Poulsen, Denmark’s deputy prime minister and defense minister.
—Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2025
Moen suggested the system and its limits should be used only for students who have a lengthy record of infractions of being out of class, not for all students.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Department requirements Each department that produces administrative citations will be required to report back to the city council annually on how many were issued, the types of infractions and how the money was spent.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
No country or person has yet been deemed responsible for the drone infractions, said Troels Lund Poulsen, Denmark’s deputy prime minister and defense minister.
—Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2025
Moen suggested the system and its limits should be used only for students who have a lengthy record of infractions of being out of class, not for all students.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infraction
Noun
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That will kick off a public process in which the City Council will carefully consider which violations warrant the use of of administrative citations and how the fines will be scaled.—
Wes Burdine,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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Currently, nearly 60,000 people are being held by ICE, almost half have no criminal record, only immigration violations.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Oct. 2025
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The final bit of that sentence seems to be a reference to other AI music companies like Suno and Udio, which are currently facing lawsuits from the record companies on claims of massive copyright infringement.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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In response to the news, RR Auction, the company handling the sale, warned Kobek and Byrne against publishing the text, threatening legal action for interference and copyright infringement.—
Humberto Basilio,
Scientific American,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Infraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infraction. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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