COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does copyright infringement mean? 

• COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT (noun)
  The noun COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT has 1 sense:

1. a violation of the rights secured by a copyright

  Familiarity information: COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A violation of the rights secured by a copyright

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

copyright infringement; infringement of copyright

Hypernyms ("copyright infringement" is a kind of...):

infringement; violation (an act that disregards an agreement or a right)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "copyright infringement"):

piracy; plagiarisation; plagiarism; plagiarization (the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own)