INFRINGED Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

infringed

verb

past tense of infringe

as in violated

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The case claims Disney violated federal antitrust law and various state antitrust and consumer protection laws.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
The nonprofit, which alleged the county violated the Surplus Lands Act by not first exploring affordable-housing development at the site, still has not dismissed its lawsuit.

— Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 4 July 2026

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China has occupied Tibet since 1950, when the People’s Liberation Army invaded the Himalayan region.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 2026
After reservoirs in the Netherlands were invaded in the 1990s, research showed ecological damage, with the bloody red shrimp outcompeting native small crustaceans and zooplankton for resources, Branstrator said.

— Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 3 July 2026

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The Bogotá, Colombia, native saw the scary scene two years ago during the Copa America final as thousands of ticketless fans breached the security gates at Hard Rock Stadium to watch Colombia face Argentina.

— NBC News, NBC news, 28 June 2026
The parliamentary commissioner for standards ruled in January that Farage breached MPs’ rules 17 times with failures to report interests amounting to £384,000 (about $507,000).

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 28 June 2026

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The legal case, decided at an emergency hearing in a Los Angeles courthouse on Monday morning, was brought by an Iranian fan who said FIFA’s block impinged freedom of speech, but the judge rejected that argument.

— Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 16 June 2026
Kurtz’s attorneys argued police lacked probable cause to obtain the information and impinged on his privacy rights.

— Mark Scolforo, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026

Definition of impinged

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So the familiarity of my story with John sometimes intruded into what was supposed to be this fairy tale.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 June 2026
But getting out of military service remains controversial in South Korea, and last week, a minor scandal intruded on the usual rhythms of the World Cup.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 24 June 2026

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