Definition of infraction
: the act of infringing : violation
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Examples of infraction in a Sentence
speeding is only a minor infraction, but vehicular homicide is a serious felony
Recent Examples of infraction from the Web
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Too often, drivers who strike pedestrians face no charges or minor infractions.
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During the same period, the number of Promise-eligible infractions declined by 57.4 percent.
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Whatever Bowen has done, and whatever infractions may have been committed during his recruitment, college basketball players are as deserving of due process as any other citizen.
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Such a ticket is only tied to a license plate, not a driver, whereas the same speeding infraction caught by a police officer would result in more serious penalties.
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If caught, drivers will face a fine up to $100 for the first infraction.
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Not done with the balk calls, Brian McFarland scored on the infraction.
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Most students don’t report infractions (which professors know) in part because their careers can be made or broken by their supervisors.
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Another 1,722 were for seatbelt violations and 1,598 were for distracted driving infractions.
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An infraction is usually the breaking of a law, rule, or agreement. So a nation charged with an infraction of an international treaty will usually have to pay a penalty. In Federal law, an infraction is even smaller than a misdemeanor, and the only penalty is a fine. Most of us occasionally commit infractions of parking laws and get ticketed; speeding tickets are usually for infractions as well, though they go on a permanent record and can end up costing you money for years to come. The closely related word infringement generally refers to a violation of a right or privilege; use of another's writings without permission, for example, may be an infringement of the copyright.
Origin and Etymology of infraction
Middle English, from Medieval Latin infraction-, infractio, from Latin, subduing, from infringere to break — more at infringe
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First Known Use: 15th century
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Synonyms
breach, contravention, infringement, transgression, trespass, violation;
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Related Words
misconduct, misdemeanor, misfeasance, misprision, offense (or offence), sin, wrong;
disregard, forgetting, ignoring, nonobservance, overlooking;
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Definition of infraction for English Language Learners
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: an act that breaks a rule or law
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