English Dictionary

infringe

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪnˈfɹɪnd͡ʒ/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞

(transitive) Break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc. / (intransitive) Break in or encroach on something.

日本語の意味

法律、条約、権利などに違反すること / 侵入、侵害すること（境界や領域に無断で侵入する意味も含む）

The company decided to infringe the patent rights of smaller competitors by copying their designs to undercut them on price.

その会社は、小規模な競合他社の特許権を侵害して価格で出し抜くために、デザインを無断でコピーすることを決めた。

意味（1）

(transitive) Break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.

According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.

意味（2）

(intransitive) Break in or encroach on something.

A well regulated Militia, being neceſsary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

infringes （ present singular third-person ）

infringing （ participle present ）

infringed （ participle past ）

infringed （ past ）