INFRINGES (ON OR UPON) Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

infringes (on or upon)

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present tense third-person singular of infringe (on or upon)

as in violates

to fail to keep a law that was struck down by the court for infringing upon the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

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The reforms would also tie an executive’s overall pay to safety metrics and impose shareholder penalties of up to $10 million per violation if a company violates safety rules.

— Linh Tat, Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026
The lawsuit argued in part that the plan violates the First Amendment, which courts have historically held protects the right to receive information.

— BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026

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The needle goes into the record, and the signal is continuous, and digital, of course, breaks it up into zeros and ones.

— Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2026
Whichever way the debut breaks, the machines run on Nvidia's robot chips and train in Nvidia's simulators, so the intelligence layer collects on every outcome.

— Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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