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Infringement

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WordDefinition
violationnounThe act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.
offensenounThe act of offending.
infractionnoun(law) A minor offence, petty crime.
offencenounBritish, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada standard spelling of offense.
misdemeanornoun(law, criminology, historical in UK) A lesser criminal act in most common law legal systems, generally punished less severely than a felony.
misdemeanournoun(British spelling) Alternative form of misdemeanor. [(law, criminology, historical in UK) A lesser criminal act in most common law legal systems, generally punished less severely than a felony.]

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WordDefinition
violationnounThe act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.
infractionnoun(law) A minor offence, petty crime.
offensenounThe act of offending.
misdemeanournoun(British spelling) Alternative form of misdemeanor. [(law, criminology, historical in UK) A lesser criminal act in most common law legal systems, generally punished less severely than a felony.]
misdemeanornoun(law, criminology, historical in UK) A lesser criminal act in most common law legal systems, generally punished less severely than a felony.
offencenounBritish, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada standard spelling of offense.
violated(of a rule or law) Having been broken or ignored, especially in a flagrant manner.
violative(US) Tending to violate; constituting a violation; of or relating to violation.
violateverb(transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention).
transgressionnounA violation of a law, duty or commandment.
offendernounA person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.
delinquencynounMisconduct.
offendingnounThe act of committing an offence.
contraventionnounThe act of contravening (a rule, regulation, law, or order) or of not fulfilling (an obligation, promise, or agreement).
crimenoun(countable) A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.
defiancenounOpen or bold resistance to or disregard for authority, opposition, or power; refusing to give up.
deviationnounA departure from the correct way of acting.
defaultnoun(electronics, computing) the original software programming settings as set by the factory
malfeasancenounWrongdoing.
counterfeitnounA non-genuine article; a fake.

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