infringement

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Noun

infringement (plural infringements)

1. a violation or breach, as of a law
   • 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, BBC Sport:

     Georgia, ranked 16th in the world, dominated the breakdown before half-time and forced England into a host of infringements, but fly-half Merab Kvirikashvili missed three penalties.

Related terms

• infringe
• infringer

Translations

A violation

• Finnish: loukkaus (fi), rikkominen (fi)
• French: infraction (fr) f
• German: Verletzung (de) f

• Italian: infrazione (it) f
• Portuguese: infração (pt) f, infracção (pt) f
• Romanian: violare (ro) f, infracţiune (ro) f, încălcare (ro) f
• Russian: нарушение (ru) (narušénije) n
• Slovene: kršitev (sl) f