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infract (in-FRAKT) - v., to break or violate (a law, agreement, etc.).
The very much less used verb form of infraction. (In U.S. federal law, an infraction is a smaller offense than a misdemeanor, and the penalty is only ever a fine -- an example is a parking ticket.) This comes from the Latin past participle stem īnfrāct- of īnfringere, to destroy, which also gave us infringe.
---L.
The very much less used verb form of infraction. (In U.S. federal law, an infraction is a smaller offense than a misdemeanor, and the penalty is only ever a fine -- an example is a parking ticket.) This comes from the Latin past participle stem īnfrāct- of īnfringere, to destroy, which also gave us infringe.
---L.
