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
After that, infractions can start at $25 and incrementally increase to $250 following multiple convictions.
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Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
But some authors tell Rolling Stone the vetting process isn’t strong enough to keep knockoffs from popping up — and many times puts the burden of policing these infractions on the author.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
Fehérváry was assessed a double-minor for roughing, while Greig was only given a two-minute minor penalty for the same infraction.
—Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
The gun-owning Susan Lorincz isolates and relentlessly harasses and targets Ajike Owens’ family, calling police countless times about such infractions as kids playing on the lawn and them just being kids.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
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Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
But some authors tell Rolling Stone the vetting process isn’t strong enough to keep knockoffs from popping up — and many times puts the burden of policing these infractions on the author.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
Fehérváry was assessed a double-minor for roughing, while Greig was only given a two-minute minor penalty for the same infraction.
—Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
The gun-owning Susan Lorincz isolates and relentlessly harasses and targets Ajike Owens’ family, calling police countless times about such infractions as kids playing on the lawn and them just being kids.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infraction
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Among those scheduled to testify at the hearing for the government were an Oklahoma couple who were storing some of Goudreau's belongings, including two assault rifles an associate recently tried to retrieve in possible violation of a court order against possessing firearms while on bond.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Nov. 2025
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The denial letter said Farzam was convicted of making a false statement to the DMV and a registration violation.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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Three Twitch streamers are currently facing copyright-infringement lawsuits from a popular YouTuber.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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The company recently rolled out Sora 2, its most advanced video generation model, which ran into immediate copyright infringement issues and drew criticism after it was used to create deepfakes of historical figures including Martin Luther King Jr.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Infraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infraction. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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