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in-FRINJM-uh-nt/ɪnˈfrɪndʒmənt/

Infringement is the act of breaking a law, right, or agreement: copyright infringement, an infringement of conditions. Breach is the close twin; a still from the sitting on a social channel is still a file, not “engagement”.

Meaning

An act of breaking a law, right, or agreement.

Examples

• “A tweet before midnight is an infringement, not a rehearsal.”
• “A social still from the sitting is an infringement, not “engagement”.”
• “Breach is the close twin. Violation is harsher. Engagement is a metric. A timed sitting is a sealed event. Take the still down; then post the foyer if the embargo has lifted.”

Good to know

The breaking of a law or right. Close: breach. “Engagement” ≠ a sealed sitting.

Near in meaning

breach, violation

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