Definition of "impinges" [impinges]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impinge. (verb)

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• "In truth, the public interest is so thin in revealing them that most of the time press lawyers have abandoned making public interest arguments for disclosure – rather resorting to Article 10 of the European Convention that gives people the right to "freedom of expression", without acknowledging that one person's freedom is circumscribed when it impinges on another's."
• "It is unlawful to discriminate on the grounds of religion or belief and the law does not entitle people to apply such beliefs in a way which impinges upon other people, even if they claim that their religion or belief requires them to act in this way."
• "Bennett: Whether an Arizona campaign-finance law that gives extra funds to candidates who participate in the public-financing system when their opponents who don't participate spend money beyond a certain limit impinges on the speech rights of the privately funded candidates."