infraction

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infraction

breach; violation; infringement: infraction of the rules; in medicine, an incomplete fracture of a bone

Not to be confused with:

infarction – a localized area of tissue that is dying or dead, having been deprived of its blood supply because of an obstruction

in·frac·tion

(ĭn-frăk′shən)

The act or an instance of infringing, as of a law or rule; a violation. See Synonyms at breach.

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in•frac•tion

(ɪnˈfræk ʃən)

n.

breach; violation; infringement.

[1615–25; < Latin infrāctiō. See infract, -tion]

syn: See breach.

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Noun

infraction - a crime less serious than a felony

misdemeanor, misdemeanour, violation, infringement

crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

breach of the peace, disorderly behavior, disorderly conduct, disturbance of the peace - any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled

false pretence, false pretense - (law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation

indecent exposure, public nudity - vulgar and offensive nakedness in a public place

bearing false witness, lying under oath, perjury - criminal offense of making false statements under oath

sedition - an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government

infraction

noun violation, breach, infringement, breaking, trespass, transgression, contravention, nonfulfilment Another infraction would mean a stint in a probation centre.

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infraction

noun

An act or instance of breaking a law or regulation or of nonfulfillment of an obligation or promise, for example:

breach, contravention, infringement, transgression, trespass, violation.

Translations

infracción

infrazione

infraction

[ɪnˈfrækʃən] N → infracción f, contravención f

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infraction

(= infringement) → Verletzung f, → Verstoß m

(Med) → Infraktion f (spec), → Knickbruch m

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in·frac·tion

a. infracción, fractura ósea incompleta sin desplazamiento.

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No wonder that those who contemplated such a signal infraction of the rights of humanity should have sought to veil the enormity from the eyes of the world.

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As they had been duly forewarned by Bashti, the penalty for infraction of the rules he had laid down was staking out on the reef at low tide to be eaten by the fish-sharks.

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The song and the jest were exchanged the stories of former deeds were told with advantage; and at length, and while boasting of their successful infraction of the laws, no one recollected they were speaking in presence of their natural guardian.

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Dantes would not allow that any such infraction of regular and proper rules should be made in his favor.

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The four of us were to constitute a military court under which men might be tried and sentenced to punishment for infraction of military rules and discipline, even to the passing of the death-sentence.

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A rose lay beside her, and if she now and then glanced at the flower, it was with no infraction of her usual preoccupied air.

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He had eaten pretty nearly all the dinner, to the huge delight of his little daughter; the child was smiling at her father's flagrant infraction of the Countess' rules.

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An infraction of the law having less dignity than a felony and constituting no claim to admittance into the best criminal society.

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All must obey, or compose, the same laws that ran without infraction through the entire experience of man.

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"I mean spinach," replied Aramis; "but on your account I will add some eggs, and that is a serious infraction of the rule-for eggs are meat, since they engender chickens."

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"At the second infraction of it, you undertook to go for a soldier.

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The infractions of these regulations, on one side, the efforts to prevent and repel them, on the other, would naturally lead to outrages, and these to reprisals and wars.