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infraction

[in-frak-shuhn]

noun

  1. breach; violation; infringement.

    an infraction of the rules.

  2. Medicine/Medical.an incomplete fracture of a bone.



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Other Word Forms

  • noninfraction noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of infraction1

First recorded in 1615–25, infraction is from the Latin word Դڰ峦پō- (stem of Դڰ峦پō ). See infract, -ion
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Synonym Study

See breach.
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“Merely observing GPS directions on the phone does not constitute the kind of active use or manipulation to trigger an infraction,” the court ruled at the time.

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He told Bustos to write up the women for what he deemed to be minor infractions, but Bustos refused, according to the complaint.

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Immigration activists argued those agreements eroded trust with the community and punished immigrants with minor infractions.

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But it seems reasonable to assume that Trump’s sudden obsession with Hall of Fame eligibility standards has to do not merely with Rose’s baseball infractions, but also with the ballplayer’s moral turpitude off the field.

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The brothers have not committed violent crimes while in prison, a fact the judge in their resentencing hearing considered, although they did have infractions for using cell phones smuggled into prison.

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