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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infraction
Noun
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The post was an apparent violation of Major League Baseball’s social media policy, which prohibits the use of electronic devices during games.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Civil rights advocates and others have described Trump’s moves as alarming violations of civil rights, including the right to due process.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Apr. 2025
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In another camp are the New York Times and other newspapers, which have sued OpenAI as well as Microsoft, alleging the tech companies engaged in copyright infringement by using the publishers’ content to train their AI systems.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
22 Apr. 2025
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Specific changes have been made to the Bahrain International Circuit for this year’s grand prix to help spot potential track-limits infringements, with a blue line at several turns adding visual aid to judge such circumstances.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Infraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infraction. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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