infringe on/upon sth betydelse and definition

Betydelse av infringe on/upon sth på svenska

• 0 If something infringes on/upon someone's rights or freedom, it takes away some of their rights or limits their freedom:

  • These restrictions infringe upon basic human rights.

• 1 to take away or limit the rights or freedom of someone:

  • Human Rights Watch asserted that the company's aggressive efforts to keep out labor unions infringed on its workers' rights.

  • The standards for determining whether a patent has been willfully infringed upon have become stricter.