"infraction" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈfɹakʃən/ [UK], /ɪnˈfɹækʃən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-infraction.wav [US] Forms: infractions [plural]
Rhymes: -ækʃən Etymology: From Middle French infraction, from Latin infractio, from infractum, past participle of infringere, from in (“in”) + frangere (“to break”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰreg-}}, {{der|en|frm|infraction}} Middle French infraction, {{der|en|la|infractio}} Latin infractio Head templates: {{en-noun}} infraction (plural infractions)
  1. (law) A minor offence, petty crime. Categories (topical): Law Translations (petty crime): مُخَالَفَة (muḵālafa) [feminine] (Arabic), 违规 (wéiguī) (Chinese Mandarin), rike (Finnish), rikkomus (Finnish), Übertretung [feminine] (German), Ordnungswidrigkeit [feminine] (German), szabálysértés (Hungarian), kihágás (Hungarian), vétség (Hungarian), wykroczenie [neuter] (Polish), naruszenie prawa [neuter] (Polish), infração [feminine] (Portuguese), наруше́ние (narušénije) (Russian), інфракція (infrakcija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), порушення (porušennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-infraction-en-noun-ynS8xe86 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 4 21 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'petty crime': 93 2 6
  2. A violation; breach. Translations (violation): нарушение (narušenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 违规 (wéiguī) (Chinese Mandarin), rikkominen (Finnish), Gesetzesverstoß [feminine] (German), Regelverstoß (German), megsértés (Hungarian), megszegés (Hungarian), áthágás (Hungarian), vétség (Hungarian), 위반 (wiban) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-infraction-en-noun-KPuS~q5Y Disambiguation of 'violation': 2 71 27
  3. (ice hockey) A major violation of rules which leads to a penalty, if detected by the referee. Categories (topical): Ice hockey Translations (ice-hockey term): препречване (preprečvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), rike (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-infraction-en-noun-LySfVFVh Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports Disambiguation of 'ice-hockey term': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: neutral-zone infraction Related terms: infringe, infringement, infarction

Inflected forms

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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ice-hockey term",
      "word": "rike"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "infraction"
  ],
  "word": "infraction"
}

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