INFRINGED Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

infringed

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past tense of infringe

as in violated

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In September, a drone that violated Lithuanian airspace was shot down over the nation’s territory for the first time, following similar incidents in Latvia and Estonia.

— Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 9 Oct. 2026
The release of the footage comes after the Virginian-Pilot and the Daily Press filed a motion earlier this year for it to be unsealed, arguing that keeping it from the public violated the First Amendment.

— Juan Benn Jr, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of violated

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Russia invaded its neighbor more than 4½ years ago, and there are no concrete signs that a peace settlement might be possible.

— Susie Blann, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Russia invaded its neighbor more than 4 ½ years ago, and there are no concrete signs that a peace settlement might be possible.

— HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of invaded

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The satirical remarks drew criticism after a man later breached security at the Washington Hilton event while armed with a shotgun, handgun and several knives.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
After rising into the 90s last week, Sacramento topped out with a blazing high of 99 degrees on Saturday, while other parts of the Central Valley breached 100 degrees (looking at you Redding).

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of breached

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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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OpenAI models broke out of testing environments, gained access to the open internet, and intruded into Hugging Face’s computer systems.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
Thinking another male had intruded on his territory, the bird quickly descended.

— Stephanie Szarmach, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of intruded

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There is also evidence of second-round effects from energy costs, reinforcing the risk that inflation is becoming entrenched, BofA said.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Many of these needs can be difficult to address because the underlying vulnerabilities are deeply entrenched.

— Bethany Tietjen, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026

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