infract — to break or violate a law, rule, or agreement
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to break or violate a law, rule, or agreement
Pronunciation (IPA): /ɪnˈfrækt/
Korean meaning: 법, 규칙, 협정을 위반하다
Korean pronunciation: 인**프랙**트
Example Sentences
- The student infracted the exam rules by using his phone during the test.
- My cat somehow managed to infract the 'no pets on furniture' rule while I was sleeping.
- The driver infracted multiple traffic laws in just one block.
infract
VERB//ɪnˈfrækt//
to break or violate a law, rule, or agreement
A driver infracts traffic law by running the red light
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He chose to infract the pact, but the original stays intact!
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Origin
From Latin infractus, past participle of infringere, meaning 'to break into' or 'to violate.' The word evolved from the literal sense of breaking something inward to the figurative meaning of breaking rules or laws.
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“The student infracted the exam rules by using his phone during the test.”
“My cat somehow managed to infract the 'no pets on furniture' rule while I was sleeping.”
“The driver infracted multiple traffic laws in just one block.”
“Even robots can infract programming rules if they develop artificial intelligence.”
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