Human Rights Watch asserted that the company's aggressive efforts to keep out labor unions infringed on its workers' rights.
»The standards for determining whether a patent has been willfully infringed upon have become stricter.
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infringe upon sth — UK US infringe on/upon sth Phrasal Verb with infringe({{}}/ɪnˈfrɪndʒ/ verb [T] FORMAL LAW ► to take away or limit the rights or freedom of someone: »Human Rights Watch asserted that the company s aggressive efforts to keep out labor unions… … Financial and business terms
infringe on sth — UK US infringe on/upon sth Phrasal Verb with infringe({{}}/ɪnˈfrɪndʒ/ verb [T] FORMAL LAW ► to take away or limit the rights or freedom of someone: »Human Rights Watch asserted that the company s aggressive efforts to keep out labor unions… … Financial and business terms
infringe — in|fringe [ınˈfrındʒ] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: infringere, from frangere to break ] to do something that is against a law or someone s legal rights ▪ A backup copy of a computer program does not infringe copyright.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
infringe — verb (T) to do something that is against a law or someone s legal rights: Increasing care must be taken not to infringe copyright. infringement noun (C, U): a minor infringement of the rules infringe on/upon sth phrasal verb (T) to limit someone… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
