Infract

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Infract \In*fract"\ ([i^]n*fr[a^]kt"), a. [L. infractus; pref.
     in- not + fractus. p. p. of frangere to break.]
     Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole. [Obs.] --Chapman.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]