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infraction
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Word definitions for infraction in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., "the breaking of an agreement," from Middle French infraction and directly from Latin infractionem (nominative infractio ) "a breaking, weakening," noun of action from past participle stem of infringere "to break, crush" (see infringe ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context legal English) A minor offence, petty crime 2 a violation; breach 3 (context ice hockey English) A major violation of rules which leads to a penalty, if detected by the referee.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Infraction \In*frac"tion\, n. [L. infractio: cf. F. infraction.] The act of infracting or breaking; breach; violation; nonobservance; infringement; as, an infraction of a treaty, compact, rule, or law. --I. Watts.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a crime less serious than a felony [syn: misdemeanor , misdemeanour , offence , offense , violation , infringement ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE minor ▪ The local police frequently arrested students for exceeding the speed limit or other minor infractions of the law. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Alleged infractions would be referred to the County Attorney for ...
Usage examples of infraction.
The letter went on to say that they would be excused this time because of their ignorance of Bonita Vista rules and regulations, but in the future any such infraction would be punishable by a fine.
In my dress whites, accompanied by the chief petty officer and a midshipman, I inspected each crew berth and its occupants, who stood at attention while I coldly scrutinized lockers, bunks, and men, liberally dispensing demerits for infractions.
Lowry that nothing in their power had been or would be neglected to arrest such infraction, and that they had prevented many Fenian reinforcements from getting across to Canada during the two previous nights.
The princes of the empire assembled in the diet, solemnly exhorted the emperor to declare war against the French king, who had committed numberless infractions of the treaties of Munster, Osnabruck, Nimeguen, and the truce, invaded their country without provocation, and evinced himself an inveterate enemy of the holy Roman empire.
No one, among the most sceptical, most incredulous, would have been able, would have dared, to suspect Isidore of the slightest infraction of any law of morality.
The National Elections Board, a group of respected jurists with no ties to APRA, investigated the charges and found that, although there had been isolated cases of false registration and multiple voting, the sum of the infractions was far too small to have any effect on the outcome.
This level of cleanliness was guaranteed by a team of quality inspectors who constantly traveled from restaurant to restaurant, thoroughly checking every aspect of the operation and firing local managers for the slightest infraction of company standards.
Followers of obsolete unthinkable trades, doodling in Etruscan, addicts of drugs not yet synthesized, black marketeers of World War III, excisors of telepathic sensitivity, osteopaths of the spirit, investigators of infractions denounced by bland paranoid chess players, servers of fragmentary warrants taken down in hebephrenic shorthand charging unspeakable mutilations of the spirit, officials of unconstituted police states, brokers of exquisite dreams and nostalgias tested on the sensitized cells of junk sickness and bartered for raw materials of the will, drinkers of the Heavy Fluid sealed in translucent amber of dreams.
He became a judge of all infractions of morals and law, and sat at the door of his tent to dispense justice to all comers, like the Cadi of a Mahometan Village.
He began with a review of the rules governing spectators, then guests, then witnesses, any infractions of which, he said slowly, would be met with immediate eviction by the bailiffs, ‘--to the prejudice of that issue to which the unruly individual or individuals appeared to be speaking, if that can be determined.
Stealing those cylinders and running, that wasn't going to be a minor rules infraction.
Two other competitors were disqualified for biting infractions, and three others collapsed unconscious within a couple of minutes of the final whistle, disqualifying them.
Shortly thereafter, Officer Bowers filed a complaint against me, citing abusive language and other technical infractions.
Having an open container of any alcoholic beverage in a moving vehicle is against the law, but Curtis refrains from advising Polly about this infraction.
Smeaton was giving me a minor dressing down for a small infraction.