infringes

verb

present tense third-person singular of infringe
1
as in violates

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as in impinges

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infringes
  1. violates
  2. impinges
  3. invades
  4. intrudes
  5. entrenches
Verb
  • The technology has its proponents who laud its investigative power, while opponents call it a mass surveillance system that violates privacy and civil liberties.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 26 July 2026
  • The lawsuit argues that the commission's position violates state law and the Wisconsin Constitution's guarantees of the right to vote and equal protection under the law.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Definition of violates
Verb
  • In Paris, people take trains, run into each other, walk along parks, ride buses, enter or leave buildings, sit in cafés, buy things, and lead thoroughly uneventful lives, but nothing external impinges on them.
    — André Aciman, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
  • One is nothing more than a money laundering scheme, and the other impinges upon an open, fair and free market.
    — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
Definition of impinges
Verb
  • After their final payment to an agency in Sofia, fronted by a foreboding redhead equipped with a mechanical smile and a calculator, Russia invades Ukraine.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
  • Evil Dead Burn follows a family whose lives are torn apart after a demonic spirit invades their home in the wake of a death.
    — Nigel Smith, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
Definition of invades
Verb
  • In Jenny Offill’s Weather, climate change intrudes on its narrator’s mundane day-to-day thoughts, a nagging anxiety that never quite boils over.
    — Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
  • Here's how to get rid of poison ivy that intrudes on your space.
    — Caroline Biggs, Martha Stewart, 23 May 2026
Definition of intrudes
Verb
  • Whether saving hemp beverages helps those operators or entrenches a cheaper parallel market beside the one they are stuck in is the question the campaign leaves open.
    — Javier Hasse, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Unlimited special-interest and private money in elections entrenches commitments to existing tax breaks and spending programs.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 May 2026
Definition of entrenches
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