infractions

Example Sentences

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City Council to limit so-called pretextual stops, in which officers pull people over for minor traffic infractions in order to investigate more serious offenses.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

What if they acknowledge the president can fire for cause, but simply argue that infractions must occur when a governor is in office?

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

They committed 10 infractions for 74 yards, including several that extended Ole Miss drives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Disciplinary infractions remain part of an incarcerated individual’s permanent record and affect their chances of parole or resentencing.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2025

She scolds me in front of the other girls for minor infractions and mistakes—not folding my bed linen as tightly as I should have or leaving the door to the kitchen ajar.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline