Hypertext Webster Gateway: "infract"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Infract \In*fract"\ (?n-fr[hand]kt"), a. [L. infractus; pref.
in- not + fractus. p. p. of frangere to break.]
Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole. [Obs.] --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Infract \In*fract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infracted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Infracting}.] [L. infractus, p. p. of of infringere.
See {Infringe}.]
To break; to infringe. [R.] --Thomson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
infract
v : act in disregard of laws and rules; "offend all laws of
humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human
civilization"; "break a law" [syn: {transgress}, {offend},
{violate}, {go against}, {breach}, {break}]
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