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Definition of "infract" [in•fract]

  • To infringe; violate. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "infract" in a sentence
  • "What pleased him to no end was his right to punish anyone daring to infract upon the rules."
  • "Chef Brown did not infract against this principle."
  • "Pupasse's doom seemed scarcely lightened; there was still a whole criminal code of conduct to infract."