INFRACT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does infract mean? 

• INFRACT (verb)
  The verb INFRACT has 1 sense:

1. act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

  Familiarity information: INFRACT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFRACT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

breach; break; go against; infract; offend; transgress; violate

Context example:

break a promise

Hypernyms (to "infract" is one way to...):

disrespect (show a lack of respect for)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "infract"):

sin; transgress; trespass (commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law)

blunder; boob; drop the ball; goof; sin (commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake)

conflict; contravene; infringe; run afoul (go against, as of rules and laws)

trespass (break the law)

intrude; trespass (enter unlawfully on someone's property)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

infraction (a crime less serious than a felony)