infraction

From Middle French infraction, from Latin infractio, from infractum, past participle of infringere, from in (“in”) + frangere (“to break”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfɹakʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfɹækʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ækʃən

infraction (plural infractions)

1. (law) A minor offence, petty crime.

   Even stealing a pack of gum is an infraction in the eyes of the law.

   • 2021 January 8, Nicole Hemmer, “The striking parallels between the assaults on Charlottesville and the Capitol”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Pretending a litterbug and a spree killer have committed equivalent infractions doesn’t make people safer.

2. A violation; breach.
   • 2016 October 9, Ahiza Garcia, “NFL teams may now get fined for their social media posts”, in CNN Business‎^[2]:

     A team's first infraction could mean a fine of up to $25,000.

3. (ice hockey) A major violation of rules which leads to a penalty, if detected by the referee.

• infringe
• infringement

• infarction

• “infraction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “infraction”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “infraction”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• infarction

From Latin īnfractiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.fʁak.sjɔ̃/
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃

• Audio:

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infraction f (plural infractions)

1. offense (US), departure
2. infringement, infraction

• → Romanian: infracțiune

• “infraction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.