infringe upon

Example Sentences

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The new agency "is intended to respond to an increasingly unstable international situation, but it must not be allowed to unjustly infringe upon citizens' rights", the Mainichi Shimbun said in an editorial Friday.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

This “central library” did not apply to fair use, but it did not infringe upon copyright as long as the books were purchased properly.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2025

"At no time did I, nor was it my intention, infringe upon the intimacy of my fellow professional Daniela Caracas," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025

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?

From Salon • May 11, 2024

Moderate.—Allows the selfish faculties to infringe upon the happiness of others; with large Combativeness, Destructiveness, Self-Esteem, and Firmness, is comparatively hardened to suffering; and with Acquisitiveness and Secretiveness added, evinces almost unmitigated selfishness.

From The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology by Fowler, L. N.