INFRINGES Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

infringes

verb

present tense third-person singular of infringe

as in violates

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The money could be forfeited if the company violates its contractual agreement.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2026
The students are challenging those actions in federal court, arguing that FIU's policy – and its application to their silent demonstration – violates their First Amendment rights.

— Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

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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

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Some tin-pot tyrant decides their country really owns part of another and invades.

— Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of invades

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But his avuncular encouragement of Tony in what could be absolute folly brings real heart to this section — until calamity intrudes.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 July 2026
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

Definition of intrudes

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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

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