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infringe upon
verb as in usurp
Example Sentences
They acknowledged that a proposed ban on “hurting Chinese people’s feelings” could “infringe upon the legitimate rights and normal life of the public”.
He is promoting conservative Catholic values that frequently infringe upon the freedom of others.
Keeping Kennedy on the ballot after his withdrawal, the justice wrote, would infringe upon this “fundamental” and “exclusive right” by denying them “accurate information regarding the candidates.”
“The government shall not deny or infringe upon a person’s fundamental right to reproductive freedom, which is the right to make and carry out decisions about all matters relating to reproductive health care,” the amendment reads.
The case was litigated as a right-to-vote case: Is there a right to vote in the Constitution, and does this felony disenfranchisement law infringe upon it?
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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