infract Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
    go against; violate; break; offend; breach; transgress.
    • offend all laws of humanity
    • violate the basic laws or human civilization
    • break a law
    • break a promise

WordNet

In*fract" adjective
Etymology
L. infractus; pref. in- not + fractus. p.p. of frangere to break.
Definitions
  1. Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole. Obs. Chapman.
In*fract" transitive verb
Etymology
L. infractus, p.p. of of infringere. See Infringe.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Infracted; present participle & verbal noun Infracting
Definitions
  1. To break; to infringe. R. Thomson.

Webster 1913